Öffentliche Bedürfnisanstalt am Bavariaring, Public bath in Bavariaring, Munich, Germany.
The Öffentliche Bedürfnisanstalt am Bavariaring is an 1894 octagonal building by Hans Grässel on a traffic island at the edge of the Theresienwiese. A massive portico fronts the main structure, whose Palladian-influenced facade contrasts with the functional interior: shower cells arranged in a circle around a central heating system.
Built in 1894 to plans by Munich architect Hans Grässel, the octagonal structure opened as a Volksbrausebad, a public shower bath for residents of the fast-growing workers' districts on the Theresienhöhe, whose flats rarely had bathrooms. After the shower bath closed, the city converted the sanitary facilities into a public toilet, and at times the building served as a tram conductor's hut. Renovated in 2018, it reopened in December 2018 as the restaurant Das Bad.
The building opened in 1894 as a Volksbrausebad, a public shower bath for residents of the fast-growing workers' districts on the Theresienhöhe, whose flats rarely had bathrooms. Since December 2018 it has housed the restaurant Das Bad, so the former shower hall is now a place to eat and drink.
The building stands on a large traffic island at Bavariaring 5, on the northern edge of the Theresienwiese, opposite the Oktoberfest main entrance. Since December 2018 it has housed the restaurant Das Bad, so visitors can go inside rather than only viewing the facade. The address is reached on foot from the surrounding Ludwigsvorstadt streets.
The building is among Bavaria's protected monuments and shows rare examples of public facilities from that era that have survived to today. Such functional structures were often torn down or heavily rebuilt later, making this example particularly valuable for understanding the city's history.
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