Bensheimer Badesee, Swimming lake in Bensheim, Germany.

Bensheimer Badesee is a recreational swimming lake with a sandy beach and spacious grass areas for sunbathing. The water is clear enough to see small fish swimming beneath the surface.

The lake was created by gravel extraction for the construction of the A5 motorway. It lies in the Hessisches Ried, on the course of a former Neckar riverbed at the edge of the Odenwald. Since then it has been used as a bathing lake from early May to the end of September.

The lake is used by the local diving club, Tauchsportfreunde Bensheim e.V., and bathers share the water with them from early May to late September. A 300-metre sand beach, a lawn and a playground sit beside the shore, and a bathing island floats about 90 metres out.

The facility offers changing rooms, maintained restrooms, showers, a children's play area, and a refreshment kiosk. Plan to arrive early during warm weather if you prefer a quieter experience.

The lake reaches a maximum depth of 17 metres, with an average of 10.6 metres; this depth lets a stable temperature layering form in summer. A depth aeration system adds oxygen continuously, though the Hessian state office for nature conservation, environment and geology states this brings no improvement in water quality because of that layering.