Söder hands over funding approval for bathroom renovation in Nuremberg - and reminisces
Created: 2022-03-26Updated: 2022-03-26 13:33
The Nuremberg public baths will be renovated for 55 million euros by 2024.
The Free State of Bavaria is contributing 18 million euros.
On Thursday, March 24, 2022, Nuremberg's Mayor Marcus König (left) and Mayor Christian Vogel (right) accepted the funding commitment in the form of a symbolic check from the Minister of Science, Markus Blume, and Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder in the former swimming pool of the Volksbad opposite.
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Markus Söder swam here as a child.
Now the public baths in Nuremberg are to be renovated for 55 million euros.
There is also money from the Free State for this.
Nuremberg – Nuremberg will experience a new highlight at the end of 2024, because then the public baths will be available as an indoor pool for the people of Nuremberg!
All of Bavaria is behind it: the Free State is funding 18 million euros for the renovation.
Prime Minister Markus Söder and Minister of State for Science and Art, Markus Blume, handed over the funding commitment to Nuremberg's mayor Marcus König (all CSU) and Christian Vogel (SPD), the mayor and first works manager of the NürnbergBad, on Thursday, March 24th.
The city of Nuremberg announced this in a press release.
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Volksbad in Nuremberg: Marcus König is lucky, Markus Söder is reminiscing
King in luck: “With the refurbishment of the public baths, we are giving a further impetus to the city repairs around the Plärrer.
An important monument is being renovated here and the area is being upgraded.
In addition, we are creating additional capacity so that children can learn to swim and clubs can train.” Meanwhile, Söder is reminiscing: “A long-cherished wish has come true: I used to love swimming here even as a child.
An Art Nouveau pool is being created that combines tradition with school swimming and modern wellness areas.”
Volksbad renovation: The project costs a total of around 55 million euros
According to the city, the renovation should cost a total of around 55 million euros, divided between the federal government, the state and the city, with Nuremberg probably contributing more than half.
For Minister of Art Blume, the public baths in Nuremberg are a "European Art Nouveau jewel".
He explains: "I am very pleased that, with the support of the Free State, this architectural treasure will shine again in its old glory." According to the city, the public bath will create more water surface and exercise units for schools and clubs.
