Schwimmzentrum Rüttenscheid, Indoor swimming center in Rüttenscheid, Germany.

Schwimmzentrum Rüttenscheid is an indoor swimming centre in Essen-Rüttenscheid with the largest total water area of any indoor pool in the city. A separate sports hall holds the city's only 50-metre indoor pool, 21 metres wide with 50-metre lanes and its own changing rooms. The public hall has a 12.5-metre-wide multi-purpose pool with 25-metre lanes, a teaching pool of 12.5 by 8 metres and a children's pool of 5.5 by 4 metres, plus two sunbeds and an outdoor lawn for summer use.

The Essen city council approved the pool in late 1973, and the foundation stone was laid in July 1974 in the presence of mayor Horst Katzor. It opened on 6 December 1975 at a construction cost equivalent to 13 million euros. After glued timber roof beams were found cracked, the whole centre closed on 6 February 2007; the sports hall with the 50-metre pool reopened on 21 July 2008 and the full centre on 1 September 2008, at 3.25 million euros.

The 50-metre pool hall has its own changing rooms and is used mainly by Essen schools and clubs, with limited public access. Before the 2007 closure, about 18 percent of visitors were school classes and 12 percent club members, against roughly 70 percent bathers.

The center offers different areas for various swimming abilities, including dedicated sections for beginners and a separate baby pool. Visitors should check current opening times, as there are different time slots for various user groups.

The 50-metre pool hall, with its own changing rooms, is the only 50-metre indoor pool in Essen and is used separately by schools and clubs, sometimes also opened to the public. The whole centre was closed on 6 February 2007 after cracks were found in its glued timber roof beams, and it reopened on 1 September 2008 after a 3.25 million euro renovation.