Markwasen outdoor pool
The Markwasen open-air pool , also known as the Markwasen wave pool , is an open-air pool in the city of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg .
The swimming pool was built in 1954/55 according to a revised design by Richard Konwiarz and finally opened by Mayor Oskar Kalbfell on June 17, 1955. It replaced the historic Arbachbad, opened in 1854 at the confluence of the Arbach and Echaz rivers . When it was completed, the pool was considered the most modern outdoor pool in the Federal Republic of Germany and had around 150,000 visitors on around 10 hectares in its first season. It was one of the few pools equipped for competitions and had a grandstand that could hold 2000 spectators.
Important competitions were the German swimming championships in 1961 and the German championships in art and high diving in 1969. In the 1980s, a wave pool was built in a separate pool , which generates waves up to 1.5 m high.
The objects, buildings and horticultural facilities from the time of construction are under monument protection . There is a restaurant, a separate nudist area and a baby changing room.
- The outdoor pool in the 1950s
Site plan from 1954
Aerial photo from 1955
Aerial photo from 1955
literature
- Sabine Kraume-Probst: Leisure fun and competition fever. The Markwasen outdoor pool in Reutlingen . In: Preservation of Monuments in Baden-Württemberg , No. 3/2015, pp. 172–174.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Ordinary bathing place for men, women and children" Opening of the "Arbachbassin" on May 20, 1854 on reutlingen.de
- ↑ News bulletin of the LAfD-BW, page 172 ff. (.Pdf) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nudist area
- ↑ Baby changing room ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '36.1 " N , 9 ° 11' 36.6" E