Morskie Oko in Kołobrzeg, Former seaside bathing establishment in the spa district, Kołobrzeg, Poland
Morskie Oko in Kołobrzeg was a wooden seaside bathing establishment on the Baltic beach by the Stefan Żeromski spa park, at the end of today's Ściegiennego street in the spa district. Built on wooden piles, it held a sea-view restaurant and 185 changing cabins. Only the L-shaped east wing survives, rented to holidaymakers in summer.
The wooden bathhouse was built in 1902–1903 as a family bathing establishment, replacing separate baths for men and women. In 1910 it gained a sea-view restaurant and 185 cabins, all on wooden piles. It burned in December 1916 after arson; a new building on piles followed in 1923–1924 and survived the 1945 battle of Kołobrzeg largely intact.
The name Morskie Oko ("Sea Eye") was given to the family bathing establishment, which replaced the separate Damenbad and Herrenbad of the Kołobrzeg spa. Its wooden building stood on wooden piles by the beach at the Stefan Żeromski spa park, and the 1910 restaurant looked out over the Baltic. Only the L-shaped east wing remains, rented to holidaymakers in summer.
The beach site lies at the end of today's Ściegiennego Street, by Stefan Żeromski Park in the spa district. The eastern wing, shaped like an L, is open for summer room rentals with shared bathrooms and a kitchen. The main building was demolished and has not been rebuilt.
The east wing that survived the 1992 demolition is shaped like the letter L and still rents summer rooms with shared bathrooms and a communal kitchen. City hall data from the 2010s recorded 220 square metres of asbestos in its walls, and the main bath building has never been rebuilt.
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