Cambomare, Swimming and wellness center in Kempten, Germany
Cambomare is Kempten's municipal Stadtbad, run by the KKU, combining an indoor leisure pool named after the Roman town Cambodunum with an open-air Freibad. The outdoor site covers 57,000 square metres with six basins and over 3,000 square metres of water, including a 50-metre sports pool about 1.80 to 2.20 metres deep and two parallel pools.
Kempten's municipal baths trace back to Roman Cambodunum, where the Small Thermae were built under Caligula and the Great Thermae, covering 4,200 m², followed at the end of the 1st century. The open-air pool opened in 1932, planned by mayor Otto Merkt with Maximilian Vicari to employ hundreds of workers for nine months; 84,000 bathers came by 3 October that year. Expanded from 1962 to 1979, it reached 57,000 m² with six basins, and the CamboMare name recalls the Roman town.
The name CamboMare recalls Cambodunum, the Roman settlement beneath Kempten, where the Small Baths were built under Caligula and the Great Baths covered 4,200 m². Kempten's bathing tradition continued with the 1854 mineral bath at the Rottach bridge and the 1927 Sonnenbad, a sixty-metre pool on the Rottach loop.
The Stadtbad is owned by the Kempten municipal company KKU and combines the CamboMare indoor pool with an open-air pool. The outdoor area covers 57,000 square metres with six pools holding over 3,000 square metres of water, including a 50-metre sports pool about 1.80 to 2.20 metres deep. The indoor pool is named after the Roman town Cambodunum.
The center features two notable water slides, including a dark tunnel slide with light effects and a river-ride slide for guests with tubes. These two attractions offer different types of water adventures and exciting experiences.
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