Marienbad Brandenburg
| Marienbad Brandenburg | |
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| place | Brandenburg on the Havel |
| Construction year | until 1969 remodeling until 2000 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 24 '56 .2 " N , 12 ° 32' 30.2" E |
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The Marienbad Brandenburg (previously Public Baths at Marienberg ) is a swimming - and fun bathing facility in Brandenburg an der Havel . It is located on the western slope of the Marienberg in the north district .
history
Volksbad
The Volksbad am Marienberg was opened as an outdoor pool in 1969 . It was built with the cooperation of the people of Brandenburg and with the support of the soldiers of the Soviet Army stationed on site within just one and a half years from January 19, 1968 to June 21, 1969. The construction of the public baths was a project of the competition “ More beautiful cities and communities - join in!”. Brandenburger provided work and cash benefits totaling 4.3 million marks . The Volksbad had a swimming stadium with a 50-meter competition pool and three spectator stands, a 25-meter pool, several water pools for small children, a sauna and catering area and an extensive sunbathing area on the slope.
The Volksbad was an important national swimming facility in the GDR. Just one year after the opening, the XXI. GDR championships take place. Several GDR records were set in the competitions and the SC DHfK Leipzig was the most successful participating club. In 1979 the XXX. GDR championships held. The most successful club in this championship was SC Dynamo Berlin . Several records were also set at the championships. Swam Petra Schneider 1979 Volksbad European record over 200 meters layers . In addition, as in 1970, four national records were achieved.
Marienbad
After the closure of the old communal swimming pool in the listed welfare forum in Kanalstrasse was foreseeable in the 1990s due to dilapidation and excessive financial outlay for a possible renovation and since there were no other swimming opportunities in Brandenburg an der Havel outside of the summer months, a decision was made to fundamentally rebuild the Volksbad. For example, the facility was expanded to include a modern, covered swimming pool area with a water slide and an enlarged sauna area . The competition pool was provided with a mobile so-called convertible roof, so that sports and swimming in an indoor swimming pool were possible in winter and in an outdoor pool in warm summer months. The facility, renamed Marienbad Brandenburg, was opened in 2000.
Furthermore, the swimming pool was also sports venue of competitive sports . For example, on January 27th, 2009 in the large indoor swimming pool of the Marienbad there was an international match between the German national water polo team against the Olympic champion Hungary, which the Hungarians won 4: 9. Several Brandenburg clubs use Marienbad for training and competition purposes. These are, for example, the ASC Brandenburg , whose water polo players played in the German Water Polo League , the highest German league, and SV Wasserfreunde Brandenburg . Brandenburg an der Havel is a state swimming pool with Marienbad.
Web links
- Welcome to our website. Marienbad Brandenburg, accessed on December 28, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 410, ISBN 978-3-412-09103-3 .
- ^ Chronicle of the City of Brandenburg. P. 120.
- ↑ outdoor swimming pool . Accessed December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Swimming pools . Accessed December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 411, ISBN 978-3-412-09103-3 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Philipps: Great setting in Marienbad: Hungarians too clever for Germans . Published on January 28, 2009 in DWB Deutschland-Wasserball.de. Accessed December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Home . Accessed December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Recognition for the state swimming base. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .