Bremen baths

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As Bremen baths there are around 11 bathing beaches and 13 outdoor and indoor swimming pools in Bremen . The Bremer Bäder GmbH , also known as the Bremer Bädergesellschaft , manages them.

Society

The Bremer Bäder GmbH is a municipal contribution to operation and development of the Bremer pools. It was founded in 1942 as a society for public baths . The city holds 97.65% of the shares. Another partner is the Association for Public Pools. The company operates three combined pools, each with an indoor and outdoor pool section, five indoor pools, two outdoor pools , two exercise pools and an ice rink . Every year the facilities are frequented by over 1.9 million visitors (as of 2015) who use the various offers.

history

18th century to 1945

Bathing places and public bathing areas or bathing establishments were created in the 18th and 19th centuries on the Weser and its tributaries and the like. a. on Werderstrasse , on Hohentorsdreieck (until 1865) in Neustadt, in Wolmerhausen, on Stephanikirchweide (around 1870 to 1888), as Hufelandsche Badeanstalt on the small Weser (1846 to 1903), Am Wall No. 64, as four bathing ships on Osterdeich (around from 1860 to 1890), as floating bathing establishments (including Kaiserbrücke, Altenwall), in Peterswerder as bathing establishment Wagenbrett , in Hastedt below the Weser weir from 1887 the later so-called Badeanstalt Eberlein , on Hodenberger Deich (1903–?), In Rönnebeck (1907–1920 and from 1937), in Mittelbüren (1914–1956) and the lido in Lesum (1936–1946).

In 1877, the Association for Public Pools built the central and well-frequented Breitewegbad near Bremen's main train station and expanded the facility in 1889. In 1944, the small indoor swimming pool was damaged. A makeshift operation existed from 1945 to 1952 until the house was demolished.

In 1915, the Achterdiekbad on Franz-Schütte-Allee was set up in a park close to what would later become the Achterdiekpark with funds from Franz Schüttes - Erben .

A public bath on Steffensweg in Walle from 1899 was created through donations from Marie Gesine Hackfeld . In 1928 the pool was expanded to become an indoor pool and was now called Hansabad . It was destroyed in 1943.

In 1914, the Association for Public Pools built the bathing establishment at Ohlenhof in Gröpelingen. In 1929 the pool was expanded, but there was no indoor swimming pool; Destroyed in 1945, refurbished after the war and closed in 1985.

The association for light and air baths on the Ochtum set up the Ochtumbad in 1921 and expanded it into a swimming pool in 1925, destroyed in 1942.
In 1926 a river bath was built at the Oberland port on the Werder; abandoned after 1945.

The stadium pool at the Weser Stadium in the eastern suburb was opened on August 8, 1925 and initially operated by the General Bremen Gymnastics and Sports Association (ABTS). The 1925 German Swimming Championships also took place here on the opening day. In 1929, the bathroom was the club Weser Stadium and in 1942 by the Society for public baths taken.

There have been bathing establishments at Grambker See since 1926 , at Waller See since 1927 and at Lesum (later Heidbergbad ) since 1936 and at Schönebecker Strand from 1936 until the war .

The simple Horner Bad in Horn was built in 1932/33 by private individuals. The new building took place in 1960.

In 1939 the baths in Hemelingen , Blumenthal , Aumund and Grohn come to the city.

The Bremer Bädergesellschaft was founded in 1942 .

After 1945

After the Second World War there was the beach resorts along the River Weser in the Sielwall ferry, behind the Weserwehr in Habenhausen in Woltmershausen in Rablinghausen and on Lankenauer Hoeft . In 1962 the Werdersee with a beach was created on the small Weser and in 1970 the DLRG station was added. The Blumenthal summer pool was created in 1969.

In 1948/49 the Rottkuhle lake in Hemelingen was expanded into an open-air swimming pool with sheet pile walls. In 1997 the swimming pool was closed, after which a floor filter was installed.

In 1949 the Heidbergbad in Burglesum was built, an open-air swimming pool with large open spaces. It was shut down in 2005.

At the beginning of the 1950s, numerous river baths were shut down due to the increasing pollution of the Weser, u. a. 1952 the Grohn summer pool , 1953 the Blumenthal summer pool , 1954 the Eberlein bathing establishment in Hastedt and 1955 the Wagenbrett bathing establishment at the Weserstadion. The latter's area was used to enlarge the lying area of ​​the directly adjacent stadium pool.

From 1950 to 1952 the central pool in Bremen-Mitte on Richtweg was built as an indoor pool with two indoor pools with 25-meter lanes and closed again in 1985 and then demolished. The Bremen Musical Theater has stood here since 1999 .

In 1956, the Schlossparkbad, built according to plans by Kurt Haering, opened in Sebaldsbrück .

In 1961, Gewoba built the Herbert-Ritze-Bad in the Vahr, which existed until 1993. The Vitalbad Vahr was built here in 1998 as an indoor pool with a wellness zone .

Bathing lakes were created during the construction of roads: in 1961/62 the Mahndorfer See on the A1 motorway . 1962 as part of the expansion of the B 75 of the Sodenmattsee , 1969 of the Bultensee on the A27 motorway in Osterholz-Tenever, 1969 of the Achterdieksee (Vahr / Oberneuland) during the expansion of the A27 motorway. 1972/73 during the expansion of the A 27 of the Waller Feldmarksee . The Stadtwaldsee ( Unisee ) in Horn-Lehe is also a quarry pond , created in 1967/68 for the construction of the University of Bremen , and it also serves as a bathing lake.

1963 was Kombibad North Bremen built with indoor and outdoor pools, medicinal baths and later sauna. In 1989 a renovation took place and it was named Sport- und Freizeitbad Fritz-Piaskowski and later Freizeitbad Vegesack . It was reopened in 2006 after the renovation.

In 1970 the south indoor swimming pool in Bremer Neustadt was built according to plans by Carl Rotermund and Walter Sommer in the Neustadtswallanlagen and reopened in 2003 after renovation.

In 1975 the indoor swimming pool West in Walle was added. After a renovation in 2005, the Westbad will be reopened as a combined pool

From 1974 to 1978 the sports buildings with the indoor swimming pool of the University of Bremen were built according to plans of the planning group Medium. In 2014 the closure of the university pool was discussed. The swimming pool is the only competition-compatible pool in Bremen.

In 1977 the indoor swimming pool Tenever opened in the area of ​​the large housing estate Tenever, which was intended as a "demonstrative building project". The indoor swimming pool is now called OTeBAD .

In 1979 the Schlossparkbad opened its doors. A leisure facility supplemented the outdoor pool. In 2001 private companies supported the financing of the company.

The indoor swimming pool at Osterdeich in the eastern suburb was taken over by the Bremer Swim Club (BSC) in 1980 and transferred to the LSV in 1993.

In 1980 the Huchting indoor swimming pool opened in the Sodenmatt district .

In an evaluation by the Internet portal Testberichte.de, the stadium pool came in 247 out of 412 rated outdoor pools in Germany.

Existing bathrooms

Stadium pool at the Weser Stadium

There are (as of 2015) a number of bathing beaches on the Weser at the Sielwall ferry, in Blumenthal, Rablinghausen, Woltmershausen and on Werdersee, as well as the Achterdieksee near the Vahr , the Bultensee in Tenever, the Mahndorfer See, the Rottkuhle in Hemelingen, the Sodenmattsee in Huchting, the Waller Feldmarksee , the Stadtwaldsee and the Sportparksee Grambke.
Below are the 13 outdoor and indoor swimming pools managed by the Bremer Bädergesellschaft :

  • Indoor swimming pool south in the Neustadt - indoor swimming pool with 1 m and 3 m diving tower and sauna area
  • Indoor pool Huchting - indoor pool and sauna area
  • Bath in the Tegeler Plate in Huchting / Sodenmatt - exercise bath for children and seniors
  • OTeBad in Osterholz - indoor swimming pool
  • Schloßparkbad ( Schlossi ) in Sebaldsbrück - combined pool consisting of indoor pool and outdoor pool (50-meter swimmer pool)
  • Vitalbad Vahr - indoor pool with brine pool
  • The sports pool of the University of Bremen ( Uni-Bad ) with a 5 m diving platform is the only indoor pool in Bremen with 50 m lanes. It was built in the 1970s and is used not only by members of the university but also by the swimming department of the Bremen Sport Club (BSC). In recent years there have been several problems with the renovation, which also led to a temporary closure.
  • Horner bathroom in Horn - Swimming
  • Stadium pool at the Weserstadion in the eastern suburbs - outdoor pool with 50-meter lanes and diving boards with 10, 7.5 and 5 meters and a one-meter board
  • Aquafit, Sankt-Jürgen-Straße in the eastern suburb - exercise pool for children and expectant mothers
  • Westbad in Walle - combined pool consisting of indoor pool with brine pool and outdoor pool
  • Vegesack leisure pool - combined pool consisting of an indoor pool with diving board (1-meter board, 3-meter tower) and brine pool, outdoor pool and sauna area
  • Blumenthal outdoor pool - outdoor pool with diving board (1 meter, 3 meters, 5 meters)

Bathing areas

Sodenmattsee with DLRG station

In Bremen there are monitored bathing areas at Achterdieksee , Bultensee , Mahndorfer See , Sodenmattsee , Stadtwaldsee , Waller Feldmarksee , Werdersee and at the Sportparksee Grambke with water rescue services . The monitoring of the bathing areas in Bremen is carried out on a voluntary basis by the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG). It has existed in the state of Bremen since 1925 as a regional association with the districts of Bremen-Stadt, Bremen-Nord and Bremerhaven. It operates eleven rescue stations in the state of Bremen. The city of Bremen is building the rescue stations at Bremen's swimming lakes.

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The ten-meter tower is the landmark , Weser-Kurier from August 7, 2015
  2. ↑ Participation report 2012/2013. (PDF; 3.4 MB) finanzen.bremen.de, p. 72 , accessed on July 31, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Angelika Timm, Anne Dünzelmann : Hastedt - A village becomes a district. Publisher: Neighborhood Hastedt eV, Bremen. Project leader: Wilhelm D. Rathjen (1990), pp. 215–217
  4. ^ Society for public baths: Bremer Badeproblem , Weser-Kurier of September 16, 1954, page 4
  5. ↑ https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-stadt_artikel,-bremer-westbad-bundesweit-auf-dem-letzt-platz-_arid,1848584.html
  6. ^ The Senator for Environment, Building and Transport - Baden in Bremen. Accessed March 31, 2019 .
  7. ↑ http://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-stadtreport_artikel,-Bremen- geht-baden-_arid, 1202637.html