Eichwald lido

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Eichwald lido in winter - footbridge

The Eichwald lido was an open-air swimming pool with a natural beach in Lindau (Lake Constance) .

Furnishing

summer

The open-air swimming pool on Lake Constance was operated by the Lindau municipal utilities and was located in the Reutin district , at the southeast end of the city, near the railway line to and from Bregenz . It had a 25,000 m² sunbathing lawn with shady old trees. The natural beach is 660 meters long, on which there is a bathing jetty with a station for the water rescue service of the German Red Cross . From the lawn you had a view of the lake and the mountains of Austria and Switzerland .

In addition to the natural beach, the outdoor pool had one (s):

  • Sports pool 50 × 21 m
  • Combination basin 25 × 12.5 m
  • Non-swimmer pool 800 m²
  • Two children's pools, each 80 m²
  • 78 m long water slide
  • Children's slide
  • Bathing and lying raft
  • Bathing jetty

The solar-heated pools had a water temperature between 23 and 26 ° C.

There was also a windsurfing school, several table tennis tables, a children's playground with play equipment, two beach volleyball fields and a playing field with a football pitch on the site. There was also a kiosk and restaurants with regional cuisine.

Ice rink in the Eichwald lido (January 2011)

winter

The Eichwald lido was closed in winter. But there is an ice rink in the adjacent Lindau ice rink. This was opened in October 1976 and provided with a roof in 2010. It is usually in operation from September or October to March.

This is also the training facility for the Lindau ice hockey club ("Islanders").

Demolition and construction of a new thermal bath

At the end of 2017, the demolition of the lido began. A new thermal bath is to be built on the site by 2020.

Web links

Commons : Strandbad Eichwald  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence


Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′ 55 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 58"  E