Parkbad (Weimar)

Side view front-left of the Parkbad Above the Kegeltor 1 (formerly Hans-Wahl-Straße 1)

Front right side view

The Parkbad in Weimar was a public shower and bathtub ( Volksbad ), which enabled the poorer population of Weimar in the 19th century to wash both themselves and their laundry . It served to contain contagious diseases, especially cholera , which were very common.

The brick building for the Parkbad in Weimar , which is located in an area separated from the Park on the Ilm , where the Red House once stood, which burned down in 1785, with the address: Above the Kegeltor 1 (formerly Hans- Wahl-Straße 1) is not far from the cone bridge. This building, initially known as the “washing and bathing establishment”, was built on the Berlin model of such an establishment and is very atypical for Weimar, and indeed for Thuringia in general. The design probably did not come from Carl Heinrich Ferdinand Streichhan , as one might assume, but was probably a so-called "Berlin import". EF Eisenach was commissioned to take over the management of this building in 1858. Before that, he studied the relevant role model in Berlin. He was presumably responsible for the construction management and at the same time, as the city architect, was the architect . The building was erected in 1859/60. In addition to the related materials such as the glazed or colored glazed bricks etc. a. In the form of cassettes with rosettes as ornamentation , it is the two risalits that face the viewer. The facade shows stylistic elements of the Italian Renaissance . In the 1920s this building was rebuilt and expanded. In 1922, the Parkbad was bought by the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Weimar and rebuilt, giving it its present form. Apartments were built in this park pool, for which the local health insurance fund had also received loans.

The hipped roof with attic was added in 1922.

Today's use therefore no longer corresponds to its original purpose. Since January 13, 1996, it has been functioning as an outpatient rehabilitation center for the Sophien- and Hufeland-Klinikum Weimar .

The Parkbad building is included in the list of cultural monuments in Weimar (individual monuments) .