Frauenbad on Stadthausquai
The Frauenbad am Stadthausquai , usually called Frauenbadi for short , is a swimming bathing establishment in Zurich that is only accessible to women during the day , a river swimming pool in the Limmat . The building is included in the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance as a monument of the highest category A.
The pool for swimmers measures 33 by 7 meters, the one for non-swimmers 31 by 10 meters.
location
The Frauenbadi is located on the left bank of the Limmat not far from the town hall in the Lindenhof district ( District 1 ). The Bauschänzli and the Quaibrücke can be found nearby .
history
Public bathing was forbidden for women in Zurich until 1837. After the ban was lifted, the city set up a "bathhouse for women" on the Stadthausquai in the same year. Since there was no running water in many of Zurich's houses at the time, the women's pool was initially only intended for personal hygiene and not as a swimming pool . In 1888 the bathroom was renewed in the form it still exists today in the then modern Art Nouveau style. Since then, it has been a box-shaped wooden building complex that floats on the Limmat and is moored on the bank. The building is crowned by a dome and has four corner turrets. Since the end of the Second World War, there has also been a kiosk in the Frauenbad offering small dishes. In 1997, an evening bar was also permitted, to which men also have access. In addition, cultural events take place in the barefoot bar, and the women's pool can be rented for private events.
literature
- Monika Imboden, Franziska Meister, Daniel Kurz: City, Space, Gender: Contributions to the exploration of urban living spaces in the 19th and 20th centuries . Zurich: Chronos 2000, p. 154.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A-Objects ZH 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 163 kB, 32 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
- ↑ Frauenbad Stadthausquai ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stadthausquai, the Zürcher Frauenbadi in the Limmat
Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '6.5 " N , 8 ° 32' 31.7" E ; CH1903: six hundred eighty-three thousand three hundred fifty / 246989