Haunstetten natural swimming pool
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| Geographical location | augsburg | |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 18 '19.3 " N , 10 ° 53' 44.1" E | |
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| surface | 0.92 ha | |
| Maximum depth | 4 m | |
The Haunstetten natural swimming pool is an artificially created swimming lake in the south of Augsburg with a water surface of 9,200 m² and a maximum depth of four meters.
history
On July 21, 1958, the town council of Haunstetten decided to create a natural open-air swimming pool.
In 1958, the first groundbreaking on Roggenstrasse was carried out by Haunstetter Mayor Karl Rieger and Captain Boylan from the US-American site engineering department Augsburg. Cptn. Boylan brought a large bulldozer with him, with this (and other work machines of the US Army) the humus layer was removed from an area of 14,000 m². During the previous planning, various possible locations in Haunstetten had been discussed, including the area between the forest and the Martini factory premises, which were later used in part for allotment gardens.
The pool for the young city - Haunstetten had around 15,000 inhabitants in 1958, 12,000 fewer than today - was planned with three sections: for non-swimmers, swimmers and a six-lane 50-meter swimming lane. The cost without changing rooms was estimated at 45,000 DM. The Haunstetter city council had found out about the new type of natural outdoor pool, which was only available in a few copies in Germany at the time, by taking a trip to Frankenthal in the Rhine Palatinate.
On July 3, 1960, the opening of the natural swimming pool took place with a ceremony in the presence of 13,751 guests. The response was immediately very high. On some summer days around 5000 people were on the premises. That is why a separate “parking lot” was created for prams. There was also a clothes deposit for about 8000 bathers. There were also two apartments for city servants. Since opening in 1960, the Haunstetter Wasserwacht has been involved in the bathroom on a voluntary basis.
Earlier plant
The deep bathing lake was divided by an island that can be reached via two bridges. In the larger eastern part there were starting block systems that delimited an approx. 50 m long route. In the western part, a diving board and a water slide invited to water fun. There were a total of 5 showers around the lake.
An additional swimming pool with a size of approx. 8 × 20 meters was laid out on the northern side. There the water was passed over a concrete cascade in order to heat the water with the help of solar radiation. On the east side there was the entrance with changing rooms for permanent and day guests, further showers (hot water) and a children's pool for paddling. A tower stood on the south bank, which was used as a kiosk in the rear and as a lifeguard supervision room in the front.
Care and maintenance
The bath was operated by the city of Haunstetten until 1972, when Haunstetten was incorporated, the management was transferred to the sports and bathing department of the city of Augsburg. The Sports and Bathing Office steadily withdrew from the maintenance of the pool, which was achieved by the support group of the Wasserwacht e. V. (or the water watch) was compensated in various ways, for example through painting work and the construction of a beach volleyball field, a bocce court and a new children's playground.
Reduction of the offer
The bathroom was already affected by austerity measures by the city of Augsburg in the 1980s. Little by little, the starting blocks, diving board and slide were shut down and dismantled. The changing rooms were either torn down or served as storage space for the sports and bathing department and various clubs, the showers on the west side were shut down. The non-swimmer pool was filled in and the paddling pool was converted into a sandpit. The flower beds were also leveled for cost reasons. Even a closure was discussed at that time.
The tower on the south bank is now completely at the disposal of the water watch, in the rear part there is now a treatment room.
Current development
In January 2010, the Augsburger Allgemeine wrote that the city of Augsburg could no longer open the bathroom due to existing security-related defects. Due to the poor financial situation of the city, only 35,000 euros were planned for the maintenance and repairs of all Augsburg baths in the household. (Several million euros had already been spent on a football stadium.) The cost of the renovation alone, however, was estimated at several hundred thousand euros. As a result, signatures for the maintenance of the pool were collected and the Förderkreis der Wasserwacht e. V. worked out a concept for the renovation and reopening by the beginning of the bathing season together with a landscape architect.
Ultimately, with the help of donations and the use of voluntary helpers under the leadership of the support group, the danger spots could be removed so that the pool was able to reopen in mid-June 2010.
On June 25, 2010 the association Naturfreibad Haunstetten was founded with the aim of maintaining the open-air swimming pool.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "On the history of the natural open-air swimming pool in Haunstetten" ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , haunstetten.info, April 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Does the city let the baths go under?" , Augsburger Allgemeine, January 27, 2010.
