Loretto Baths

The Loretto Baths, in short Lollo, is the oldest open-air swimming pool in Germany.

Then in 1940, after much heated discussion involving petitions from local citizens´ groups, the women-only area was re-opened to the whole family.

During the Nazi era the Fähnlein scouts of the Preußen - a Hitler youth group - used the pool as a base.

In 1980, a law student filed a lawsuit against the city but was unsuccessful, since there was already a family pool right next to the Loretto Baths.

On such occasions, the Friends of the Lorettobad entertain visitors with choral singing, piano-playing, or orchestral performances.

Warning signs are hung out at the entrance to the ladies' area when such events take place: "Men present"!

Serious feminists and Muslim women flee as soon as the musicians arrive to set up and practice before a show, others continue bathing.