Penig outdoor pool
The outdoor pool Penig is an outdoor pool in Penig . It is located right next to the banks of the Zwickauer Mulde and is bordered on the south and west by Zinnberger Straße.
history
A bathing establishment in the Zwickauer Mulde had existed in Penig since 1874 . It consisted of three sections marked with iron barrels. The bath was destroyed by a flood event on July 10, 1886. As the river became increasingly polluted, the city administration suggested building an outdoor swimming pool. For this purpose, the city of Penig acquired a plot of land on the Zwickauer Mulde in 1928. Construction began on April 10, 1929. With construction, 2500 cubic meters of earth were excavated. The opening took place on August 4, 1929. At that time there was already a 50 m pool with a width of 13 m. There was also a 10 m high diving tower with diving boards 3 and 5 m high, as well as diving platforms 5 and 10 m high. The bathroom was also equipped with 20 changing rooms.
In the summer of 1945 the bath was closed for some time because the American occupation soldiers wanted to bathe undisturbed. In 1953, the Saxon swimmers and art and high diver championships took place in the Penig outdoor pool. In 1971 a new water treatment plant was built. The pool was used for events as part of the 750th anniversary celebrations in Penig in 1977. It was u. a. an open-air stage with around 1200 seats was built, which was also used for summer film festivals and concerts after the celebration. So on July 9, 1983 the Puhdys and on May 25, 1984 Karat each gave a concert in the outdoor pool. In 1978 the diving platform was dismantled for safety reasons. Measurements showed that the jump pit was too short.
After the reunification , the closure of the loss-making bathing business was discussed in politics. In the surrounding communities, some baths were closed for cost reasons. However, the Penig City Council and the city administration stuck to the operation of the pool. In order to preserve the baths, the association “Freibad der Region Penig - Langensteinbach” was founded in 1998 together with the Langensteinbach municipal administration . In 1999, one million were for around Deutschmark created new locker room and sanitary facilities. Investments continued in 2000. A new cash building with a kiosk, a sanitary wing with 15 new changing rooms, 80 lockers, toilets and showers were built for around 1.5 million Deutschmarks. Furthermore, a new technical room and two common rooms were created for individual use. There is a parking lot opposite the entrance to the pool, where free parking is possible for visitors to the outdoor pool and tourists in the Muldental valley. After the flood event in 2002 , considerable renovation work was necessary to repair the damage that had occurred. After the repair, the pool was reopened on July 11, 2003.
In 2019, the pool has a 50 m pool with a width of 20 m, a single toddler pool, a diving tower with a 1-meter and a 3-meter board and a 50 m long large water slide. There is also a lawn for sunbathing, a children's playground and a volleyball court.
The pool has been operated by ABS Burgstädt / Sachsen Verwaltungs GmbH since 2016, which also looks after the sports center on the Taurastein in Burgstädt . The bathing operation will be subsidized by the city administration of Penig in 2019 with 169,000 euros. In 2018, 25,267 visitors came to the bathroom.
Visitor numbers
Regular events
- Peniger hour swimming
- Inflatable boat race by the Penig fire brigade
Individual evidence
- ↑ Supplement to the Peniger Official Gazette No. 2. February 22, 2020.
swell
- City administration Penig (ed.): 775 years of Penig, 14-23 June 2002, Festschrift. Miriquidi-Verlag 2002. ISBN 3-9806774-9-4
- Pure relaxation - bathing fun on the outskirts , in: Freie Presse , August 3, 2019, p. 11
Web links
- Homepage of the swimming pool
- Friends of the Freibad Penig eV
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 48 ″ N , 12 ° 41 ′ 30 ″ E