Georg-Arnhold-Bad

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Aerial photo of the Georg-Arnhold-Bad 2017
Entrance to the Georg-Arnhold-Bad after the renovation in 2017
Entrance to the Georg-Arnhold-Bad before the renovation

The Georg-Arnhold-Bad (incorrectly also called Arnold-Bad ) is a swimming pool opened in 1926 in the Dresden district of Seevorstadt-Ost / Großer Garten with an indoor and an outdoor pool area. It is operated by Dresdner Bäder GmbH.

Refurbished inner courtyard with fountain. The only remaining part of the Arnhold-Bad

history

Until 1945

The Güntzwiesen green area near the center , on which the pool is located, established itself as a sports facility as early as the 19th century and thus escaped residential development. In May 1923 the neighboring stadium, the Ilgen-Kampfbahn , was inaugurated . In the same year the Jewish privy councilor, banker and patron Georg Arnhold donated funds for the construction of an outdoor swimming pool. After these were not sufficient due to inflation , Arnhold again made money available. Thus, on May 27, 1926, the Georg-Arnhold-Bad was ceremoniously handed over to the city. The supporting program for the ceremony included various pieces of music by Carl Maria von Weber , Robert Schumann , Johann Sebastian Bach and others. There was also a mass swimming in the elementary schools, competitions in Dresden's secondary schools, freestyle jumps from the tower and a torch dance. The first swimmer in the new pool was Erich Rademacher , the best swimming athlete in Germany at the time , who covered two lanes. On June 4, 1926, the bath was opened to the Dresden public. The architect of both the arena and the pool was the then Dresden city planning officer Paul Wolf . The construction management was in the hands of the official building officer Helm. The opening speech by City Planning Officer Wolf ended with the words:

"May the complex always be a place for the joyful struggle of the young, on which a new and free sex will grow stronger and push forward to new life."

Gate houses and steles of the former Ilgen arena

The pool at that time included a 100-meter-long and 30-meter-wide reinforced concrete swimming pool, of which 22 by 100 meters were intended for swimmers and 8 by 100 meters for non-swimmers. Water overflows ran around the basin, which could also be used as spit holes, and a 1.4 meter wide foot wash trough. In addition, there was a diving tower with platforms at 3, 5 and 10 meters and an intermediate platform as a meeting point for judges and jumpers at 7.50 meters. The diving pit of 14 by 14 meters was integrated into the swimmer area and was 4.20 meters deep. There were eight starting blocks on each of the two transverse sides of the pool, and two grandstands for up to 5000 people on the long sides. Two two-storey gatehouses, a fountain and two sandstone steles completed the architectural ensemble. A relief of the patron Hermann Ilgen is placed on one of the steles . Restoration work financed by the Hermann Ilgen Foundation was carried out on the steles under the technical supervision of the State Office for Monument Preservation , which was completed in 2017.

Since a circulation system with filters and chlorination was only planned for later retrofitting, it was considered to use algae, snails and rainbow trout to maintain the water quality, based on the model of a Berlin bath. A harmonious connection to both the neighboring stadium and the surrounding green areas was decisive for the design of the entire facility. All the buildings were designed with only one storey in order to maintain visual connections to Dresden's old town . In addition, the buildings were painted light green on the outside. The interior of the bathroom was dominated by flesh-colored, strong red and orange tones and the gray of the exposed concrete .

The Georg-Arnhold-Bad in the summer of 1960

Thanks to moderate admission prices, the pool quickly became a popular sports venue. Adults paid 30 pfennigs for a day ticket, members of swimming clubs half. The user-friendly opening times daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. also increased the swimming pool's popularity for sporting competitions, daily use by the population and swimming lessons. The latter became compulsory for the first time at all Dresden schools in 1926. The Dresden swimming clubs had 9200 members at that time.

Georg Arnhold paid three quarters of the construction costs of 400,000 Reichsmarks , which is why the bath was named when it  was opened. In order to erase the name of the Jewish founder, the bathing establishment was renamed Güntzwiesenbad in 1934. For the next few years, the Arnhold family, like all Jewish citizens, was forbidden from entering. After the Second World War, the bath was given its original name back in 1948. As early as July 3, 1945, a letter from the sports department to the city's garden administration stated that the city commandant's representative for sports, Orsowsky, was urgently calling for the Arnholdbad to be repaired. A few days later, the bath was reopened.

The Georg-Arnhold-Bad (after 1969)

After 1945

In the 1950s, the 100-meter pool was divided into three areas. This created the 25-meter short course and the 50-meter long course prescribed for competitions. Between 1974 and 1978 the sunbathing and the east terrace were reconstructed.

In 1994 the renovation and reconstruction of the ailing bathroom began. The divided 100-meter pool was removed and replaced by smaller pools. The reopening took place on June 12, 1995. The renovation work continued in three construction phases until 1997. This created a modern indoor and outdoor pool, a so-called combined pool. The builder's grandchildren, Gerard and Henry Arnhold, took part in the renovation with a financial share of 5 million marks.

In 2008, 260,000 visitors visited the Georg-Arnhold-Bad. The advantage here was that, in contrast to many other municipal indoor pools, the pool is open to the public for more than 80% of the opening times and is not additionally booked by clubs or schools. The number of visitors fluctuates due to the effects of weather on the outdoor swimming pool. In 2019, a total of around 248,500 bathers came.

After it was reported in local media in 2012 that there had been problems with the bathroom's ventilation system for a number of years (one of the two systems had failed permanently) and in March 2013 a brief shutdown was necessary due to an accident on the remaining ventilation system, the managing director added of Dresdner Bäder GmbH presented extensive redevelopment plans in March 2014. The company was founded in 2013 as the operator of the municipal baths and is a subsidiary of Technischen Werke Dresden . The renovation work began in October 2015, with a budget of 7.7 million euros. The biggest innovation is the installation of a sauna area, which is valued at 2.6 million euros. As a result, the hall was closed from April 2016 to August 2017.

The Department for Culture and Monument Protection of Dresden classifies the Georg-Arnhold-Bad together with the Brunnenhof, two gatehouses and steles as a cultural monument.

Trivia

In June 2018, the pool became known throughout Germany through a nightly visit to the outdoor pool by the singer of the Toten Hosen, Campino , after the concert in the neighboring stadium.

Services

Interior of the bath 2013

Indoor swimming pool

The solar-heated swimming pool with six swimming lanes is 25 meters long. The offer also includes a 93 meter long tube slide (the longest of its kind in Dresden), a 250 square meter adventure pool, water attractions and a paddling pool. The total bathing area is 567 square meters.

Outside area of ​​the bath 2019

outdoor pool

In the outdoor area there is a four-season adventure pool with a flow channel and an 18-meter-long wide slide, a swimmer's pool with six 25-meter lanes and a 14,000 square meter sunbathing area with an adjacent mud playground and a beach volleyball court. In the course of the renovation work between 1994 and 1997, the original water area was reduced. In a renewed renovation from 2016 to 2017, the listed color canon from the original time was used on the walls and in the restoration of the historic fountain in the atrium.

Fitness and wellness

In 2013, the Georg-Arnhold-Bad offered courses in aqua jogging and the senior citizens' club.

The establishment of a sauna area had been planned for years, but failed due to insufficient city funds. The start of construction was planned for 2007 in 2006, but the costs of 1.3 million euros for a sauna area including sanitary and catering areas could not be raised. In the course of the renovation that became necessary in 2013, there were new plans for a sauna landscape. The renovation began in April 2016 with the closure of the indoor pool and was completed in November 2017. The result is the sauna landscape "Sweating Between Old Masters", in which, among other things, a concept is implemented in five themed saunas, for which there is a collaboration with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden . The operating company expects 40,000 sauna guests per year. The number was already exceeded in 2019 with 48,000 visitors.

Others

In July 2011, the Georg-Arnhold-Bad received the Ökoprofit seal for environmentally friendly action.

literature

  • Dirk Meusel: On the history of Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion and Georg-Arnhold-Bad (=  Dresdner Hefte . No. 55 ). Dresden 1998, p. 59 ff .

Web links

Commons : Georg-Arnhold-Bad  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d On the opening of the Georg-Arnhold-Bad in Dresden . In: Dresdner Anzeiger . No. 243 , May 27, 1926, pp. 11 .
  2. ↑ a b c Inauguration of the Georg-Arnhold-Bad . In: Dresdner Anzeiger . No. 245 , May 28, 1926, p. 11 .
  3. ↑ a b c Dirk Meusel: On the history of Rudolf Harbig Stadium and Georg Arnhold Bad , In: Dresdner Hefte . No. 55. Dresden, 1998, p. 61f.
  4. ↑ Sandstone steles in front of the Georg-Arnhold-Bad are being restored. In: dresden.de. State capital Dresden, October 26, 2015, accessed on January 10, 2017 (press release).
  5. ↑ Ilgen steles are back in front of the Georg-Arnhold-Bad. In: www.dnn.de. Dresden Latest News , December 17, 2017, accessed December 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ gratitude . In: The Truth . Vienna September 20, 1935, p. 2 f . (Quote: "If he [(the founder of the bath)] lived, he would not be allowed to visit his own bath today, because in Dresden, as in other German cities, Jews are prohibited from visiting the municipal baths.").
  7. ↑ Dr. Ingrid Scholz, Erika Bästlein and Winfried Ripp: Georg Arnhold. (PDF, 424 kB) 1859–1926, banker and benefactor. Civic Foundation Dresden, accessed on May 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Fewer and fewer visitors in the swimming pools. sz-online.de, January 16, 2009, accessed on February 11, 2013 (chargeable).
  9. ↑ Arnhold-Bad closed for repairs. sz-online.de, December 19, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2013 (chargeable).
  10. ↑ "The money for the renovation of the bathrooms is missing". sz-online.de, August 27, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2013 (for a fee).
  11. ↑ a b c Bäder GmbH wants to extensively renovate Georg-Arnhold-Bad . In: Saxon newspaper . March 5, 2014 ( online [accessed March 5, 2014]).
  12. ^ Juliane Richter: Renovation in the Georg-Arnhold-Bad begins . In: Saxon newspaper . October 12, 2015 (for a fee online [accessed October 13, 2015]).
  13. ^ Georg-Arnhold-Bad (Halle). In: Dresden Baths. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017 ; accessed on November 11, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Carla Pönisch: Arnholdbad reopened after 16 months of construction. In: Wochenkurier . August 4, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
  15. ↑ https://m.sz-online.de/nachrichten/5000-euro-friedens-angebote-von-campino-3950261.html
  16. ↑ Bathing fun right in the center of Dresden. (PDF, 2.8 MB) Georg-Arnhold-Bad with indoor and outdoor pools. State capital Dresden, accessed on February 12, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Three times less bathing fun in summer. sz-online.de, January 25, 2006, accessed on February 11, 2013 (fee-based access).
  18. ↑ Dirk Hein: That is why the Arnhold-Bad became so much more expensive than planned. In: Tag24.de/ Dresdner Morgenpost . November 18, 2017, accessed February 17, 2018 .
  19. ^ Juliane Richter: Georg-Arnhold-Bad soon with sauna . In: Saxon newspaper . February 7, 2015 ( online [accessed February 7, 2015]).

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 34.2 "  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 57.7"  E