Fössebad

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Street view of the Fössebad
Sunbathing lawn and closed outdoor pool
Children's protest against the closure of the outdoor pool in 2014
The Fössebad around 1915; in the background the Bethlehem Church

The Fössebad is an indoor swimming pool in the Limmer district of Hanover . Until the outdoor pool was closed in 2012, it was a combined outdoor and indoor pool, making it the first such facility in Germany.

history

In 1838 a river swimming pool licensed by the Landdrostei Hannover was built in the undeveloped landscape on the Fosse . The water marks the border between today's Hanoverian districts of Limmer and Linden . Since the fluctuating water level of the small river did not always allow bathing, it was dammed at the bathing area in 1854. The water of the Fosse was very salty due to the washing out of the Egestorffshall and Neuhall salt pans , which at that time earned the nickname “ brine bath ”. After a tenant change, the pool was expanded into a 150 m long and 30 m wide swimming pool in 1876 and the area was designed as a park.

In 1955 the previously privately operated Fössebad was closed due to increasing pollution of this tributary of the Leine . In 1955, the city council decided to create a spacious indoor swimming pool for this part of the city as part of its zoning plan . From 1956 to 1960 , under the direction of Heinz Goesmann , the municipal Fössebad, now supplied with drinking water, was built for a total of DM 5 million as the first combined indoor and outdoor pool in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The bathroom consists of

  • a large swimming pool with a 1.90–3.98 m deep 12.5 × 25 m swimming pool, a 1–3 m diving platform and a spectator gallery for 150 people,
  • a teaching and non-swimmer pool of 6 × 12.5 m (separated from the main pool),
  • a sauna with a green inner courtyard and outdoor plunge pool as well
  • a non-swimmer pool of 1100 m² (closed in 2012).

The years of postponement of renovation work in the 1980s resulted in the threat of closure, which was accompanied by protest events and signature campaigns. In 1993, Fössebad-Betriebs GmbH was founded, which finally took over the sponsorship from the city of Hanover and four years later enabled the renovation of roof structures, water treatment systems and the glass front.

In 2005 the Förderverein Fössebad was founded with the aim of preserving the Fössebad for the public, schools and associations.

In September 2017, the City Council of Hanover decided to demolish and rebuild the Fössebad, which is also intended to serve as a competition arena for competitive sports and thus as an alternative to the stadium pool, which until now has had to take on this task alone and will be closed for a longer period of time for renovation in the early 2020s . The period of demolition and new construction, the whereabouts of the alternative music center Béi Chéz Heinz , which is set up in the former bicycle cellar of the Fössebad, and the size of the grandstand of the new Fössebad, which may be used for Champions League games in water polo, are still unclear in May 2019 should be suitable. After lengthy discussions, a majority of the council formed in autumn 2018 to also build a new outdoor pool so that the Fössebad becomes a combined pool again.

literature

  • Förderverein Fössebad: We are Fosse. History of the Fössebad. Hanover n.d. [2014], OCLC 935829141 .

Web links

Commons : Fössebad (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Torsten Bachmann: From the “brine pool” to the combined indoor pool: the Fössebad. In: Lebensraum-linden.de. 2012, accessed on May 2, 2019 (article from the book Linden - Wanderings through history ).
  2. ↑ Fosse and Fossefeld. In: Klaus Mlynek and Waldemar R. Röhrbein with Dirk Böttcher and Hugo Thielen ; editorial assistance: Peter Schulze (Ed.): Stadtlexikon Hannover . From the beginning to the present. First edition edition. Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hanover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 185 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Rüdiger Meise: Fössebad closes the outdoor pool. In: haz.de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , February 12, 2012, accessed on January 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Christian Link: Fössebad has stayed afloat for 50 years. In: haz. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, November 26, 2010, accessed on January 18, 2020 .
  5. ^ Andreas Voigt: Hanover: This outdoor pool is history. In: haz.de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, August 15, 2017, accessed on January 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Juliane Kaune: Fössebad Association does not want a new building for the Chéz Heinz. In: haz.de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, November 11, 2019, accessed on January 18, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Juliane Kaune: Fössebad is getting an outdoor pool after all. In: haz.de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, November 5, 2018, accessed on January 8, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 18.1 ″  N , 9 ° 41 ′ 49.5 ″  E