Leipzig Southwest natural swimming pool
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Southwest gravel pit natural pool |
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| Natural swimming pool Leipzig-Südwest, 2013 | ||
| Geographical location | Großzschocher , Leipzig , Saxony , Germany | |
| Tributaries | Groundwater | |
| Drain | Groundwater | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 '26.9 " N , 12 ° 18' 59.2" E | |
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| surface | 4.4 ha | |
The natural swimming pool Leipzig-Südwest is a bathing facility in the Leipzig district of Großzschocher , which officially existed between 1970 and 2004. In Leipzig, the natural swimming pool at Dieskaustraße 292 is also known as the gravel pit .
history
Between the Leipzig districts of Windorf and Knautkleeberg , part of the Windorf district , there was an approximately 2-hectare gravel pit , which had been filled with groundwater after its abandonment in the 1960s and was already used as a swimming lake at that time. On May 29, 1968 the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the redesign of the facility into a local recreation area in order to relieve the municipal outdoor pools . The project was largely financed by surpluses from the GDR lottery company VEB Zahllotto , which was based in Leipzig. Responsible for planning and execution were members of the VEB Gießereeanlagen Leipzig as part of the national economic mass initiative (VMI) .
In the following two years, embankments were flattened and green areas and lawns were created. The actual beach was built on the west side of the lake, a self-service restaurant with around 200 outdoor seating areas , a playground , changing rooms and toilet facilities were also built here. In 1970 the facility was inaugurated under the name Naturbad Südwest . After the flooding of the southeastern Cospudener See began, the water level in the natural pool rose by around 10 meters and large parts of the beach disappeared into the lake. In 2003 the restaurant ceased operations, one year later the city classified the area as a landscape lake. Since then, bathing is at your own risk, the lake is also used as a fishing spot.
In spring 2010, the so-called climate forest with new trees was created at the northern end of the lake . As a climate protection measure for the city, the 5 hectare afforestation is intended to reduce the proportion of carbon dioxide in the air. Since 2015, further compensation measures have been planned for the lake, which is currently around 4.4 hectares in size, and the City of Leipzig is to draw up a development concept for the future use of the area.
literature
- Windorf. A historical and urban study . PRO Leipzig, Leipzig 1995.
- Leipzig goes swimming. From Pleißestrand to New Lakeland , ed. from the Friends of the Saxon Sports Museum eV and the City History Museum Leipzig / Sports Museum Leipzig. PRO Leipzig, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 978-3-936508-06-2 , p. 161.
- Ingolf Bauer: From the bathing area in the Elster to the public swimming pool - baths through the ages . In: Großzschocher-Windorf. From the history of a Leipzig district , ed. from the interest group "Chronik Großzschocher-Windorf" and the PRO Leipzig eV, PRO Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-11-9 , pp. 74-76.
- Mathias Orbeck: The forgotten oasis - the natural swimming pool southwest . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung from April 25, 2014, p. 17.
Web links
- Großzschocher gravel pit . In: Angel Atlas Saxony, accessed on July 23, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mathias Orbeck 2014.
- ↑ a b c d Leipzig goes swimming 2004.
- ↑ Ingolf Bauer 2005, p. 75.
- ↑ Windorf. A historical and urban study 1995, p. 20.
- ↑ Ingolf Bauer 2005, p. 76.
- ↑ Climate protection - practical examples. Example of compensation measures: Climate forest project. In: leipzig.de. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Template - VI-F-03984 for the Leipzig council meeting on April 12, 2017. In: Ratsinformationssystem der Stadt Leipzig. March 24, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Template - VI-F-03984-AW-01 (response to template VI-F-03984). In: Council information system of the city of Leipzig. April 24, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .