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Swimwaters: Germany’s bathing-water directory
A directory of official bathing sites in Germany, with historical EU water-quality ratings and nearby facilities.
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- People planning swims in Germany
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- The directory reports 1,893 sites at lakes and includes nearby amenities sourced from OpenStreetMap.
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The homepage organizes listings through links for each German state and a separate set of major cities. It reports 1,893 lake sites and 1,765 sites rated “excellent” in 2025. The methodology section attributes water-quality data to the EEA under CC BY 4.0 and location, access and amenities data to OpenStreetMap under ODbL.
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