Heslach public baths

Swimming within historic walls

The city baths were built between 1927 and 1928 according to plans by architects Friedrich Fischle and Franz Cloos. The functional design and impressive interior make the building one of the outstanding examples of New Objectivity in Stuttgart. At that time, almost all apartments in the working-class suburb of Heslach lacked sanitary facilities. With its showers, bathtubs and steam baths, the municipal baths fulfilled an important socio-hygienic function. When it opened, the Heslach municipal baths were considered the largest and most modern bathing establishment in Germany.
A four-storey cubic head building made of reinforced concrete, clad with a red clinker brick façade, is adjoined by the elongated structure of the indoor swimming pool. The hall receives maximum light through ribbon windows that run between the parabolic arches in the roof zone. The indoor swimming pool in Heslach is still very popular today.