Stadtbad (hall)

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Stadtbad Halle
Canopy with sculptures by Paul Horn

The Stadtbad is an indoor swimming pool in Halle (Saale) . It was built from 1913 to 1915 according to plans by city building officer Wilhelm Jost , who also created the facilities for the brine bath in Wittekind and the spa facilities in Bad Nauheim . The bath was officially opened on February 16, 1916. Today it is operated by Stadtwerke Halle .

The city pool consists of two swimming pools, one with a rectangular pool with 312 square meters and a smaller one with an oval pool and 160 square meters of water. The larger was originally reserved for men, the smaller for women. There were also numerous bathtubs and showers as well as a Roman-Irish bath. Together, they gave the Stadtbad the character of a health care facility for the population. When it was built, it was considered one of the largest and most modern of its time. Both bathing halls have circumferential, gallery-like walkways, behind which there are changing facilities. While the women's swimming pool still has its dome-shaped Rabitz ceiling from the time of construction, the ceiling of the men's swimming pool - also a Rabitz ceiling, but in barrel shape - was demolished in the 1970s. Both halls were originally illuminated through semicircular stitch cap windows.

Due to doubts about the full load-bearing capacity of the Rabitz ceiling, the women's hall was closed on October 17, 2012 and reopened on October 20, 2014 after extensive renovation measures.

The building has a massive tower that contains four water tanks to supply both swimming pools. The function of an expansion tank no longer exists today. The spire was crowned with a larger than life figure until after the Second World War . This male figure, modeled on a high diver, comes from the Männicke workshop and is now considered lost.

The building ceramics are rich and very similar to the architectural decorations of the main Sparkasse building on Rathausstrasse by Wilhelm Jost (1913–1916). Stylistically, the building can be assigned to reform architecture , with some stylistic elements showing the after-effects of Art Nouveau .

The wooden watch bay on the outer facade, designed by Martin Knauthe , was created by the sculptor Christian Schmidt. The sculptures Fischmann & Fischweib on the porch of the entrance hall are by the sculptor Paul Horn . The sea sculptures on both sides of the entrance portal are works by the sculptor Christian Schmidt.

literature

  • Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
  • Michael Pantenius: City Guide Halle. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-0816-0 .
  • Tobias Pfeifer: The Stadtbad in Halle an der Saale. Architecture between hygiene and local politics. Unpublished master's thesis at the Institute for Art History of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle an der Saale 1997.
  • Mathias Homagk: “I have built enough.” Wilhelm Jost as town planning officer in Halle (1912–1939). Hasenverlag, Halle an der Saale 2013.
  • Manfred Orlick: 100 years of "Köpper" in the city pool. In: Pflaster, 1st street magazine for Saxony-Anhalt , No. 147 (from February 2016), pp. 6-7.

Web links

Commons : Stadtbad Halle (Saale)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle an der Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
  2. ^ Friends of the future Stadtbad Halle eV

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 8.9 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  E