The bathing season in the district is over.
The results are mixed.
Especially the rainy August has an impact.
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- Rain always puts a damper on the outdoor swimming season. In Bayrischzell, however, the wet from above had two negative effects this year. So the community had to switch off the heat pump of the alpine swimming pool after repeated heavy rain. “We had to remove the dust board from the Wendelsteinbach,” explains treasurer Josef Teucher. This avoided flooding, but also did not heat the pool during this period. The community announced at the beginning of the bathing season that this could happen this year.
As reported, the alpine open-air swimming pool was reopened despite the partly ailing technology and new construction plans that had already been put in place.
All in all, the summer was a good one, says Teucher.
Although the pool was open until Sunday, the treasurer can already name the income: 25,000 euros in entry flowed into the cash register in 2021.
Only 1000 euros less than in the pre-Corona year 2019. A comparison to 2020, however, makes no sense, because the alpine outdoor pool was completely closed.
And it looks like visitors will be able to jump into the pool again in 2022.
“We won't be finished with the new building that quickly,” explains Teucher.
Renovation in Fischbachau is not quite finished yet
The Fischbachau outdoor swimming pool has also had a year of transition. The renovation is not yet completely finished, reports community manager Johann Neundlinger. A new counter and a pay machine are to be procured by the coming season. A relief also for the new operators of the bistro, Gregor Weidner and Manfred Nerz. This year they had to employ their own cashier - even in bad weather. Weidner: "In the worst case, it stands around all day because of a few early swimmers."
He looks back on a rather mixed premiere year in Fischbachau.
The rainy August in particular had a massive negative impact on the balance sheet.
The implementation of the Corona rules was also associated with more effort.
Weidner hopes that the renovation of the bistro will provide some kind of bad weather for the bathroom.
This can be linked to the existing mini golf course, for example.
The establishment of a bike rental is also planned.
Figures for the bathing season that ended on Sunday are not yet available, according to the municipality.
Overall, however, the visitors were satisfied with the offer, says Neundlinger.
"At least I haven't heard anything negative."
Positive balance in Miesbach
In the Miesbacher warm outdoor pool, the bottom line was positive - despite the rain in August. According to Mayor Gerhard Braunmiller, 12,700 visitors came to the bathroom: “We are satisfied with that.” Bathroom consultant Erhard Pohl sees it similarly: “Our visitors were happy that we were open despite Corona. There were no major accidents or failures, and we just have to live with the weather. So everything fits. ”After all, the final in September was“ really good ”. If everything goes according to plan, the last bathing season will follow in 2022, before the facility is subsequently converted. “The funding commitment and the final city council resolution are still missing,” says Braunmiller. But he assumes that there will be no nasty surprises. Pohl is also optimistic: “The political support is there. And that we need the bathroomCorona once again made it particularly clear. "
The baths in the Tegernsee valley
As cool and rainy as August was, there was no large number of visitors to the Rottacher Warmbad.
This may be due to the fact that a very high percentage of guests are holidaymakers who, when the weather is mixed, would rather splash in the warm water than let the day go by in the hotel or holiday apartment.
The final figures are not yet available, but works manager Klaus Bickel assumes that around 55,000 visitors were in the bathroom this season.
"This is an excellent result for a Corona year," he says.
It does not come close to the numbers of the years before Corona: There were an average of 65,000 to 70,000 guests.
The decline is due to the need to cap the number of visitors: only 475 guests are allowed into the bathroom at the same time.
Queues in front of the entrance
So that as many people as possible could enjoy the joys of water, instead of day tickets, there were only tickets for one and a half or three hours.
On hot days, there were long queues in front of the Rottacher Warmbad.
“It's really bad when people, often with children, have to wait outside for an hour in the heat,” says Bickel.
The restaurateur Peter Blümer often provided those waiting with drinks to lighten the mood.
But think about how queues can be avoided.
One possibility would be to use online bookings.
“At first I was skeptical,” says Bickel.
But in other pools, for example in Nuremberg, the system works perfectly: "That convinced me."
Online bookings next year?
Above all. because it goes very quickly at the checkout after an online booking. The visitors have already paid and simply show a QR code on their cell phone or printed out. “One beep and you're done,” reports Bickel. Registration is also done with it, which is also a great advantage. It could be done very quickly thanks to the Luca app, but the reality is different, as the operations manager reports: "Most of them filled out forms by hand."
Now Bickel and his team have started making the bathroom winterproof.
Incidentally, the basins remain filled.
The water is simply mixed with a wintering agent and the level is lowered.
The pools directly on the lake must never be empty.
“Otherwise they would float up like an empty pot at high tide,” explains Bickel.
In addition, the system is made frost-proof with a lot of effort.
Kreuth outdoor pool extends the season
Unlike the one in Rottach-Egern, the Warmbad Kreuth is still open up to and including next Sunday. Mainly to compensate for the many closing days, as operations manager Markus Lang reports. When it rains, the bathroom cannot open because there is no shelter. That was the case this year for around 20 days. This can be seen in the balance sheet. According to Lang, there was a decrease of 2000 visitors compared to 2020. In the previous year there were 13,000 visitors. There were no queues in front of the cash register in Kreuth. Because of the large sunbathing area, 500 visitors are allowed. This capacity was never exhausted. “It's very familiar with us,” says Lang. Despite Corona, operations went well.