Nordbad (Dresden)

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Building of the North Bath, view from the south-west

The Nordbad is a swimming pool opened in 1895 in the Äußere Neustadt district of Dresden with sauna and wellness facilities . It has been operated by Dresdner Bäder GmbH since 2018.

building

The Nordbad in the second backyard of Louisenstraße 48 was built in 1894 and opened in March 1895 by the owner Georg Hofmann as "Germania-Bad". This makes it the oldest swimming pool in Dresden. From the beginning, swimming pools, bathtubs and Russian steam baths were part of the bathroom. There were separate bathing times for men and women. The pools and bathtubs were divided into different classes. In 1898 Otto Fischer bought the bath and property for 300,000 marks. The bath was privately run until 1922, then the city of Dresden took it over for 615,000 marks to avert plans to take over the property for the construction of a factory and to convert it into a public bath . For this purpose, repair and expansion work, modifications and installations were carried out. At that time almost 1.2 million marks were invested for this. In 1924 a good 41,000 guests visited the baths and a good 39,000 guests visited the swimming pool.

The pool survived the Second World War unscathed, so that regular pool operations could be resumed under the name Nordbad from around 1950. In 1952 there were already 25,000 visitors a month.

In 1970, the maintenance work was discontinued because the demolition and a new building were planned elsewhere. The swimming pool was closed on May 9, 1974, and the spa department on February 8, 1975. In 1982 the baths also had to be closed. Until 1992 the house was left to decay.

In the period after the fall of the Wall there were private initiatives to restore the bathroom. Above all, the “Outer Neustadt Interest Group” advocated renovation. The STESAD was 1993, the Bad and the historical monument renovation to accommodate transfer. Financed by funds from the EU (from ERDF funds ), the federal and state governments, the city of Dresden and many sponsors, a social center was established in Neustadt until the official reopening on December 20, 1996. The total construction costs amounted to EUR 7.6 million, of which EUR 3.5 million was provided by the EU. As a special feature, the swimming pool has a height-adjustable floor, in which the water depth can be set between 30 and 190 centimeters.

Around 83,000 visitors visit the Nordbad every year (2013), the number has remained largely stable in recent years. About 30,000 visitors use the sauna, 50,000 come to swim.

On January 1, 2018, Bäder GmbH (a company of the City of Dresden) took over the pool from the previous operator, Aquapark Management GmbH. It was announced that the water depth would be permanently lowered to 1.35 meters across the entire basin. This should save one of two lifeguards. This change was made possible by the lifting floor, which can be adjusted on one side to a depth of 1.80 meters .

The building is a historical monument.

Passage to the Nordbad from Louisenstrasse

Swimming area

The swimming pool is 16 × 8 meters and has a lifting floor to regulate the water depth. In addition, the north pool offers a paddling pool and a gallery with loungers and seating.

Fitness and relaxation

The sauna area has a Finnish sauna (approx. 90 ° C), a herbal sauna (approx. 80 ° C) and a steam bath . In addition to a Kneipp pool, there is a warm pool, a sauna bar, a relaxation room, a roof terrace and a sunbathing area. The sauna area is designed for a maximum of 70 people.

In addition, a fitness program is offered in the Nordbad: aquarobics (rhythmic water aerobics ), pregnant swimming, baby swimming and swimming courses as well as physiotherapeutic water aerobics.

Massages and the use of the solarium round off the range on offer in the Nordbad.

literature

  • Gregor Kunz, Jürgen Lösel, Günter Starke: Nordbad. Rebuilding an old bathroom. Verlag DIE SCHEUNE, Dresden 1997, ISBN 978-3931684075

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Standing still means going backwards: our review of the year. www.dresdner-baeder.de, accessed on January 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Cozy bathing and saunas , brochure of the Nordbad (pdf, 1.32 MB), accessed on January 4, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Information about the Nordbad on the website of the renovation company STESAD , accessed on January 25, 2012
  4. ↑ Monika Löffler: Dresden and the world in 1922 . In: Dresdner Latest News . April 14, 2018 ( online [accessed April 17, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Information on the renovation of the north swimming pool (PDF file; 33 kB) from inforegio of the European Commission , accessed on January 7, 2013
  6. ↑ Prices in the Nordbad will be increased . In: Saxon newspaper . June 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ Tobias Winzer: From the ruin to the Kiezbad ( memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: sz-online.de, April 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ Christoph Springer: Nostalgia for the new town . In: Saxon newspaper . March 25, 2017 ( online [accessed March 25, 2017]).
  9. ^ Anton Launer: Nordbad: pool depth now 1.35 meters. Neustadt-Geflüster, January 25, 2018, accessed January 26, 2018 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 57 ″  N , 13 ° 45 ′ 16.1 ″  E