Aqua break in Ansbach: Aquella indoor pool remains tight due to renovation!

Aqua break in Ansbach: Aquella indoor pool remains tight due to renovation!

Ansbach, Deutschland - The Aquella indoor pool in Ansbach has been closed since June 23, 2025, and there are reasons for this: urgently needed renovation work is pending. These affect not only the swimming areas, but also the popular sauna facilities. And honestly, for many there is hardly anything better than refreshing cooling on hot days, which makes the current closure particularly bitter. The closure falls in the middle of a heat wave that caused temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius at the end of June and early July and which is supposed to repeat itself at the end of July. The outdoor pool is just right, the opening times of which have now even been extended until 9:00 p.m., such as Merkur reported.

But what exactly happens in Aquella? The renovation work includes measures for concrete repair in the wave pool and thorough examinations in the area of the attraction pool. These are overdue because the last fundamental renovation took place between 2008 and 2010. 36 years after the opening of the bath in 1989 it is high time for a big throw. Currently, the bathrooms lose several cubic meters of water every day, which not only endangers the quality, but also the safety for the bathers.

The alternative offer and the closing time

The closure of the Aquella is initially scheduled until August 8th. In addition to this period, visitors must adapt to a longer use of the outdoor pool. During the closure, not only the necessary renovation work takes place, but also routine tests and various repairs throughout the bathroom. This means that the annual revision closure cannot take place in September. After completing the work, the indoor pool will return directly to the regular operation, which should be positive, as [northern Bavaria] (https://www.nordbayern.de/franken/ansbach/teiTe-kein-ke- and saunieren-moglich-liebes- Freizeitbad-in-Mittelfranken-Dicht-Rep-4-14750886) reports.

The financing of this extensive renovation remains uncertain. A requested subsidy from the federal government was not approved what the city and the Ansbacher Bäder und Verkehrs GmbH (ABUV) poses for a problem. You now have to find new financing options to do the urgently required work.

The larger context

A look over the borders of Ansbach reveals that the problems in many German swimming pools are similar. The bathing alliance Germany demands a nationwide support for ailing swimming pools, because in addition to the need for renovation, you fight for a falling number of safe swimmers and rising bathing deaths. Current data show that around 58% of primary school children cannot swim safely when transitioning to secondary school. Around 20% of the children cannot swim at all, a worrying fact, such as ZDF. In view of the renovation traffic jam and the economic challenges, the bathing alliance pleads for an extensive funding program that not only includes new buildings, but also the energetic renovation and digitization of swimming pools. This support could not only ensure the quality of the baths, but also help to ensure that the next generation can swim safely.