People baths and public swimming pools

1773 gave it in Frankfurt/Main the first river public swimming pool, to 1777 in Mannheim. In the year 1847 it was called it in the manual of the water medicine for physicians and laymen, gives in nearly all German places of river baths with bath little houses in bank proximity. From these bath houses from arrived the bathers into the "“swimming cages"” , already mentioned, because most were nonswimmers. Between 1785 and 1815 drowned in London over 3000 humans, for instance half of it when bathing. To the first swimming teachers the Halloren belonged, originally Salzsieder out resounded and to environment, which learned to already swim as children. As consequence of the clearing-up became swimming as means of physical training only starting from that 18. Century greater importance attached. The paedagogue GutsMuths published 1798 a small text book of the swimming art to private study. The Preusse Ernst von Pfuel created 1811 the first institute for swimming in Prague, 1817 then in Berlin the first Prussian institute for military swimming. Similar institutes developed a little later in other cities, first however only for men.

Center 19. Century developed then the first public public swimming pools in buildings. Humans in large cities made do before e.g. with mobile baths. A Frenchman let itself a bath truck with tub be patented 1822, into which a heating furnace was built. In the year 1836 it gave in Paris over 1000 owners of such trucks, which sold hot tub baths. In addition, naturally only the wealthy ones could afford this luxury. The simple people remained at least in the winter only Holzzuber and wash dish.

In 18. Century was introduced to England and Germany a new form of the sweating bath, the Russian Dampfbad. In Germany first 1781 in Berlin developed. The Mariannenbad became substantially more well-known , which was opened there 1818. In the consequence such baths in many German cities developed and also in Vienna and Prague. Such Dampfbad let Friedrich the large one in its lock in potsdam furnish also. A variant of the Hammam was called to Germany Irish-Roman bath and introduced for example into Baden-Baden; in Great Britain these were called against it Turkish Bath (Turkish bath).

The first modern people baths developed in England. As well as trailblazing was 1842 a public bathing and wash institute for the working class, the 28 bath chambers, open in Liverpool, had two pools and a laundry house. London followed this example.

The first German people bath developed 1855 in Hamburg at the pig market. It had 65 bath tubs and 56 wash conditions for laundry washing. The building was financed by shares and donations enriches citizens. 1860 opened the first public public swimming pool with a pool in Magdeburg. The then largest mechanism of this kind was the Diana bath in Vienna with 104 cabs. In addition it gave in the city before 1875 three further large baths. The first Belgian public swimming pool gave it in Brussels (1854), first to Switzerland in Basel (1866).

Meyers encyclopedia of 1889 reports: "“For 25 years also in Germany public swimming pools were established, first after English model, however without swimming pool created wash and public swimming pool in Hamburg and according to similar principles the share enterprises in Berlin, provided with swimming pools, tub baths and wash conditions."” There actually only the shareholders involved had the possibility of taking a bath. "“For healthy and contain the Schwimmbasin of first considered to short waking determined admiral garden swimming pool one department for Roman-Irish, Russian, Douche and patient baths as well as a large (...) with iron and glass and second class. except a department for tub baths also over 100 cells"”

The citizen of Berlin dermatologist Oskar leaving, which created 1874 the citizen of Berlin association for people baths, created the public break-through, which concerns the acceptance of such mechanisms, whose slogan read: "“Each German weekly a bath!"” Thus no tub, but were primarily meant shower baths; today one generally speaks of showering. Crucial success with the penetration of the people shower bath came with the citizens of Berlin hygiene exhibition in the year 1883. Leaving had there a 8 times 5 meters large Wellblechbude developed with altogether ten showering cells for women and men. Here everyone could take inclusive soap and towel during the exhibition for 10 Pfennig a shower bath. The water temperature amounted to however only about 28 degrees Celsius, was thus rather lau as warm. The demand was extraordinarily convincing. In the time of 10. By 30 July altogether 7300 persons the offer used May.

The equipment of the different kinds of bath describes Meyers encyclopedia as follows: "“The tub baths, which are usually provided with showers either with metal or bricked tubs and, are usually separated in larger number within one area of approx. 3 m height by approx. 2 m high (...) partition walls (...) (...). A table, chairs, a small sofa etc. complete the internal equipment. If these tub baths are roomier put on and equipped with more elegance and comfort, then the same receive salon baths to the names. (...) The cleaning baths, which are to satisfy the need after refreshment and thorough cleaning of the body at the simplest, time, space and expense saving way, consist usually of (...) plentifully kept at a moderate temperature foot baths (...) together with showers attached over it. The (...) contained usually a selection different cold and warm Douchen, which as rain and Schlauchdouchen and here as suctions. Head, side and Sitzdouchen from above, from all sides and from downside work."”

1887 were opened in Vienna the first pure people shower bath without bath tubs.

The 1890 opened municipal swimming pool in Krefeld were at its time probably teurste and public swimming pool in completely Germany. It had shower baths, tub baths in three classes, two indoor swimming pools, a salon bath (emperor bath) and a Irish bath with steam and hot-air bath in wasteful equipment.

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