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Uhingen celebrates: Pensioners build an outdoor pool for everyone - swimming made easy!
Achim Gall from Uhingen opened an outdoor pool in the garden to offer swimming courses and promote the local community.
Uhingen celebrates: Pensioners build an outdoor pool for everyone - swimming made easy!
in Uhingen, a picturesque city in the Göppingen district with around 14,000 inhabitants, Achim Gall, a 69-year-old competition swimmer, realized a remarkable project: an outdoor pool in his front yard. As Bild reports and offers this extraordinary place in the public Swimming courses for children and adults.
The idea for the outdoor pool came up during his pension period after 54 years of competition experience in swimming. Gall has acquired a property next to his house to realize his dream after he was given the opportunity to buy it. The construction of the swimming pool cost him a total of around 250,000 euros, financed by the sale of two condominiums and a loan. The entire process included four years of planning time and two years of construction, with Gall carried out the work for the most part.
special features and offers of the outdoor pool
The outdoor pool is characterized by a swimming pool of 12.5 m in length, 4.5 m wide and 2 m depth, which is equipped with a modern counter -current system. Furthermore, changing rooms, showers, starting blocks and even swings over the water are part of the offer. A sun terrace invites visitors to relax. The admission price for the outdoor pool is EUR 3.50, while the individual swimming lessons for 30 euros are offered, as swr
gall plan to open the outdoor pool every day and also offer Aqua fitness courses. Around 35 people were present at the recently taken opening, including the mayor Matthias Wittlinger and Sarah Schweizer. Gall himself jumped into the water at the opening and will initially operate the bathroom independently, with the possibility of hiring additional staff in the future. The teachers are taken over by the teachers.
Mayor Matthias Wittlinger describes the project as unique in the 750-year history of the city. With his project, Gall pursues the goal of offering children and adults the opportunity to learn swimming. He also plans special children's afternoons to make the experience in the water even more attractive.
Although the water temperature was around 21 degrees at the beginning and was perceived as too cold for some guests, Gall's commitment remains unbroken. With his outdoor pool he not only helps the community, but also actively promotes swimming in his region.