Lido
A bathing area is a bathing facility on a lake or river ( river swimming pool ), with bathers on a more or less wide beach . At some lido the sand is also artificially piled up.
places
The first lido in Europe is the Wannsee lido, which opened on the Wannsee in Berlin in 1908 . Beach baths are often located on quarry ponds , which were created by excavating gravel and the accumulation of water. There is often a lawn for sunbathing on the beach.
Another name for lido is also the seaside resort , whereby in Germany the designation seaside resort represents a predicate for health resorts , which is awarded by the federal states. Beach baths are mainly located on the North and Baltic Seas . The Ostseebad of Flensburg is obviously a special case. Although it is a lido, it is not one of the said seaside resorts with a rating.
use
Most beach baths are operated commercially, i.e. the sandy area by the water is cleaned, toilet facilities , changing rooms , barriers and rubbish bins are set up, sales rooms are created, lawns are planted, etc. For the use of such a commercially used bathing beach, an entrance fee usually has to be paid. It is common practice to wear swimwear for use. Sometimes, however, nude bathing is also permitted on sections of the beach or the entire length of the beach. The exposure of the female breast (" topless ") is often tolerated in German beach resorts.
See also
literature
- Helmut Engel : The Wannsee lido . Berliner Wiss.-Verl., 2007. 96 p., Series: Meisterwerke Berliner Baukunst Vol. 6 ISBN 978-3-8305-1352-0 .
- Katja Deinhardt; Oliver Lemuth; Marco Schrul: Summer and Saale: the city of Jena and its river baths; 1780 to 1955 . 1. Aufl. Hain, Weimar 2004. 95 S. Series: Documentation of the Städtische Museen Jena Vol. 12 ISBN 3-89807-074-3 .