List of swimming pools in Frankfurt am Main

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In the area of ​​the city of Frankfurt am Main there are public and non-public swimming pools , which are named below.

Public baths

Rebstockbad outdoor pool
The Brentanobad in Frankfurt am Main is considered the largest pool in Germany

Indoor swimming pools

Outdoor pools

Not public baths

Fechenheim indoor garden pool in Frankfurt-Fechenheim

Former swimming pools

  • Swimming pool of the Sportgemeinschaft Westend in the Grillschen Altarm of the Nidda am Niedwald (1955 - 1972?)
  • Stadtbad Mitte in the city center
  • Tillybad (closed in 1994 due to high renovation costs, now club waters of the Schwanheimer fishing club)

history

  • River baths
The course of the Main around 1850 in Frankfurt with the drawn bathing boats, swimming schools and bathing establishments
The Hausener Bad on the Nidda in 1904 in Hausen

In 1774, the first German bathing establishment was opened in Frankfurt am Main as the Flussbad am Main.

In 1800 the Frankfurt doctor Johann Gottfried Kohl opened a bathing ship.

There were also some river baths along the Nidda, some of which were later converted into pool baths. For example, the Eschersheim outdoor pool, the Hausen outdoor pool, the Brentanobad and the Tillybad.

  • Hausen outdoor pool

The open-air swimming pool in Hausener, opened in 1904 as a river pool, was converted into a swimming pool in 1961 (the conversion costs together with the conversion of the Höchst open-air pool amounted to approx. 4.5 million DM ). In 1961 the outdoor pool was reopened after a subsequent installation of a water heating system. The renovation costs amounted to 100,000 DM. In autumn 2009 the bath was closed for a complete renovation. The costs for the new building amounted to 6.8 million euros . It reopened on April 21, 2011.

  • Eschersheim outdoor swimming pool

The Eschersheim outdoor pool was opened as a river pool after the First World War. After being converted into a pool, the pool was reopened in May 1971. The construction costs amounted to more than 3 million DM. In autumn 2008 the bath was closed for a complete renovation and was reopened on May 12, 2010. The costs amounted to around 6.5 million euros.

  • Municipal swimming pool

This pool was built from 1894 to 1896 on the southern part of Klingerstraße, this part of the street was called "Am Schwimmbad" from then on. 80% of the bathroom was destroyed in World War II. After the Second World War, the cleaning and therapeutic bath area was reopened in 1945. In 1949 a swimming pool could be opened.

  • Indoor swimming pool Frankfurt Ost (today the indoor garden pool in Fechenheim)

The indoor garden pool was built in 1928 by the architect and university professor Martin Elsaesser . At that time it was considered a social achievement for the workers. Since the indoor garden pool was hardly damaged in World War II, the American occupation forces confiscated it in 1945 along with a number of cleaning pools.

  • District baths Höchst

In 1955, the Höchst district bathing facility was built with a swimming pool, bathtubs and showers. The costs amounted to 3.6 million DM. In 2006 a new stainless steel basin was installed and the sanitary block renewed.

  • Stadtbad Mitte

In 1960, the new Stadtbad Mitte, the successor to the municipal swimming pool, was reopened in Hochstrasse. The equipment included two swimming pools, each with a swimming pool, an additional teaching pool, cleaning and medical departments and two gymnastics rooms. The cost was about 13 million DM. It was considered one of the most beautiful swimming pools in Germany. 1966 to 1967 the medical area was repaired.

  • District pool Sachsenhausen (now Textorbad)

In 1964, the Sachsenhausen district pool was opened. The costs amounted to 6.5 million DM. The indoor swimming pool, now called Textorbad, was closed on April 30, 2004. In its place, a publicly accessible new building was built as part of a senior citizens' residential complex, with a 25-meter pool with 5 lanes and a continuous water depth of 1.35 meters. The costs amounted to 4 million euros, of which 600,000 euros came from public funds. The reopening took place on November 20, 2009.

  • District swimming pool Nordweststadt (today Titus Thermen)

With the establishment of the Northwest Center , the district pool was also opened in 1968. In 1992 the Titus Therme adventure pool was opened in place of the indoor pool. The bathroom is part of a building complex that includes a hotel, a restaurant and a fitness center.

  • Bornheim District Bath (today Panoramabad)

The Bornheim district bath was opened in September 1970 and converted into a panorama bath with an outdoor area and sauna in 1990 . In 2013 the roof and the outside facade of the bathroom were renovated for 6 million euros.

  • Silo bath

On July 12, 1956, the Silobad, also known as the Farbwerksbad, was opened as the first heated outdoor pool in Frankfurt in the Unterliederbach district. The bathroom was a gift from the then Farbwerke Hoechst to mark the 600th anniversary of Höchst. In 1995 the bath went to the city of Frankfurt for a symbolic amount of one Deutsche Mark.

literature

  • Roland Burgard , Gerhard Sieweck, Karin Nieswandt, Hans Georg Göllner (photos): Panoramabad Bornheimer Hang . Ed .: The Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Construction Department, Building Construction Office; Department of Sports, Sports and Bathing Office (=  series of publications by the Building Construction Office on construction tasks in the city of Frankfurt am Main . No. 21 ). 1st edition. City of Frankfurt am Main - The Magistrate, 1990, ISSN  0175-3045 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Almost eight million euros for two outdoor pools , March 4, 2008
  2. ^ Watersport Westend eV> Association> Excursion into history
  3. ^ Footnote in Baden, Reisen und ein Kurort in historical perspective [1] In: Zur Kur in Bad Ems p. 13; by Hermann Sommer, Hanau 1999
  4. ↑ Das neue Badschiff zu Frankfurt am Mayn (article) (copper plates 19, 20, 21 on the article and explanations on the plates) In: Journal des Luxus und der Moden July 1800 pp. 377–379, pp. 379–380, panels 19 , 20, 21
  5. ↑ a b c d e Annual reports of the city of Frankfurt 1945-1972: Sport- und Badeamt ( Memento from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) .
  6. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Swimming in the new L , April 23, 2011
  7. ↑ FR-online: Eschersheim outdoor pool open again , May 12, 2010
  8. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 6. Leipzig 1906, pp. 834–839. Frankfurt am Main
  9. ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Clear the way for water sports enthusiasts ( Memento from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.7 MB) , November 21, 2009
  10. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Sport in Bornheim will be even nicer , July 11, 2012

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