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Public outdoor swimming pools in the area are now open. The majority of them are heated, and they usually stay open until September, if weather permits.
Public pools are divided into swimmers’ and non-swimmers’ basins, and they have an extra pool for toddlers. Most facilities have water slides, playgrounds and little restaurants or bistros. Daily admission fees vary from €2 to €5. Season passes are also available.
The following pools are located in the KMC and nearby areas:
Kaisers-lautern: Warm-frei–bad, Enters-weiler Strasse, noon to 8 p.m. Mon-days, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tues-days, Thurs-days, Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Kaiserslautern: Wasch-muehle (not heated), Mor-lauterer Strasse, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except Tuesdays when it opens at noon. Note: Waschmuehle has one big basin, 165 meters long and 45 m wide. It is one of the biggest swimming basins in Europe.
Trippstadt: Warmfreibad, Am Schwimmbad, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and German holidays, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays.
Hohenecken: Strandbad Gelterswoog (lake on B270), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; noon to 8 p.m. Mondays.
Hochspeyer: Warmfreibad, Am Weiherberg, noon to 8 p.m. Mondays, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays.
Otterberg: Schwimmbad (not heated; will open in June), Am Schwimmbad 1, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Alsenborn: Freibad, Burg-strasse 17, noon to 8 p.m. Mondays, and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Sun-days.
Mehlingen: Freibad, Haupt-strasse 86 (not heated; will open in June), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Winnweiler: Schwimmbad, Am Schwimmbad 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays (early swimming for season ticket owners); 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Rodenbach: Waldfreibad, Sportstrasse 6, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily in May and September; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily in June, July and August. Every Friday in July and August, floodlight swimming is offered until 11 p.m. (if weather permits).
Landstuhl: Natur-erlebnis-bad, Kaiserstrasse 126, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Miesau: Waldwarmfreibad, Zum Hasensprung, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, now to June 30, and Aug. 21 until the season ends; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily July 1 to Aug. 30.
Waldmohr: Warmfreibad, Badstrasse 12, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to Sundays; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays for early swimmers.
Altenglan: Sport- und Freizeitbad, In der Godersbach, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily
Rockenhausen: Natur-Erlebnisbad, Obermuehle, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to Wednesdays, and Fridays to Sundays; 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays.
Eisenberg: Wald-schwimm-bad, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 60, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-days to Fri-days; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Heltersberg: Bergbad, Berg-strasse, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Some swimming pools have a combination of indoor and outdoor facilities, which is good for any kind of weather:
Ramstein: Freizeitbad Azur, Schernauer Strasse 50, 1 to 9 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.
Kusel: Bade- und Freizeit-park: closed for renovations.
Everyone visiting a public swimming pool must obey specific rules:
Don’t push anybody into the water.
Avoid noise (in some facilities radios and stereo equipment is prohibited).
Don’t pollute the water and don’t dirty any other areas of the facility.
Don’t eat or smoke within the immediate swimming area.
Children younger than 6 must be accompanied by an adult.
Animals are not allowed in any facility.
Lifeguards are allowed to ban visitors from the facility if they break official regulations.
Common sense tells swimmers not to swim with a full stomach and not to go in the water when their bodies are overheated.
