Seebad Utoquai

Seebad Utoquai is a public bath in the Swiss municipality of Zürich, being part of the historical Seeuferanlage promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887.[1]

Seebad Utoquai
Seebad Utoquai as seen from Quaibrücke in Zürich
47.36186°N 8.547305°E / 47.36186; 8.547305
LocationUtoquai, Zürich, CH-8008
Opened1890
Operated byCity of Zürich
Typepublic bath; lake bath
Statusopen
Lengthabout 90 metres (295 ft)
Widthabout 30 metres (98 ft)
Depth4 metres (13 ft)
WebsiteOfficial website (in German)
Features
lake shore bath
Facilities
gym, sauna, crèche, kiosk, Ayurveda

Geography

The bath is situated at Utoquai respectively in the Seefeld quarter at the Zürichsee lake shore on the right bank. Public transport is provided by the VBZ transport company by the tram lines 2 and 4, bus lines 33 and postauto bus lines 912 and 916 to Chinagarten Zürich stop. It is situated opposite of Strandbad Mythenquai on the other bank of the lower Zürichsee lake shore in Zürich.

History and description
Detail view of the wooden construction and access to the lake as seen from Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ship MS Helvetia

As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of quais, the then independent municipality of Riesbach built two new bathing facilities Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen (1886) and Seebad Utoquai (1890).[2][3] For the latter, a bathing palace on stilts with delicate, tower-like structures in the Moorish style was implented. For the first time in Zürich, it was allowed to men and women to bathe in the same bath. In 1942 the towering domes were added by sun terraces, also in a wooden construction, were built, and the basic structure of the original bathroom is still preserved. The Utoquai figures in Inventar der schützenswerten Gärten und Anlagen von kommunaler Bedeutung, being the inventory of estimable gardens and grounds of local importance that was established in 1989.[4][5]

Cultural heritage

The structure is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as an object of regional importance.[6]

See also

References
  1. Grün Stadt Zürich (May 2006). "Vom Bürkliplatz zur Sukkulenten-Sammlung" (PDF) (in German). Grün Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  2. "Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen" (in German). Schul- und Sportdepartement Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. "Seebad Utoquai" (in German). Schul- und Sportdepartement Stadt Zürich. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. "Utoquai" (in German). Grün Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  5. "Seebad Utoquai Zürich" (in German). badi-info.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  6. "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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