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This is the THIRD report from our second trip to Beelitz-Heilstätten near Berlin back in November. I apologise for taking so long to get it up on site but it's been a bit of a frantic time lately.
This report covers ONLY the south western sector bath house.
The Badehaus (central bath house complex) located at the south eastern end of the Beelitz-Heilstätten site in the Männer-sanatorium sector, catered for the male patients in the adjacent Male Pavilion. Directly across the road from this quadrant of the Beelitz complex is an area assigned to female patients and it is as yet relatively undisturbed, most explorers heading instead for the north western sector immediately after visiting the lovely buildings in the diagonally opposite corner of the site. None of these buildings had been secured when we visited in November 2011 and so it was possible to walk straight in through the front door without having to find a torturous route through asbestos laden cellars or by climbing through broken windows etc.
Just as in the adjacent male sector there were no baths within the adjacent female pavilion on the lower west side, instead a completely self contained bath house was built a short walk away across an open court yard. We wandered in and had a very relaxed hour or so exploring the building from top to bottom. Generally most of the female buildings on the site mimic their male counterparts quite closely so we were very surprised to find that this building did not have a sunken plunge pool in the main bath hall as might be expected.
This report covers ONLY the south western sector bath house.
REPORT 7 - The south western sector bath house...
The Badehaus (central bath house complex) located at the south eastern end of the Beelitz-Heilstätten site in the Männer-sanatorium sector, catered for the male patients in the adjacent Male Pavilion. Directly across the road from this quadrant of the Beelitz complex is an area assigned to female patients and it is as yet relatively undisturbed, most explorers heading instead for the north western sector immediately after visiting the lovely buildings in the diagonally opposite corner of the site. None of these buildings had been secured when we visited in November 2011 and so it was possible to walk straight in through the front door without having to find a torturous route through asbestos laden cellars or by climbing through broken windows etc.
It is the top right building in the above photograph.
Just as in the adjacent male sector there were no baths within the adjacent female pavilion on the lower west side, instead a completely self contained bath house was built a short walk away across an open court yard. We wandered in and had a very relaxed hour or so exploring the building from top to bottom. Generally most of the female buildings on the site mimic their male counterparts quite closely so we were very surprised to find that this building did not have a sunken plunge pool in the main bath hall as might be expected.
The photos...
Here is a selection of the photos we took commencing with the exterior but moving through the building, "tour style" in the same order which we explored it.
The exterior of the bath house building as we approached from the female pavilion opposite.
And we're in!
The bath hall proper...
Graf is everywhere you go in and around Berlin, mainly mindless tagging. But some is occasionally worth a look.
An abandoned bedstead - more sunlounger than hospital bed.
The front wall and it's south facing sun catcher windows!
The bath house tiled roof.
An interactive panorama shot within the bath house. Click the picture to open a fully interactive version in a new window.
Moving on.
Was this some sort of water therapy treatment room?
And perhaps this one too? Note the water header tank high on the wall in the corner.
Beauty in Decay...
Moving on again, top of the shop!
Top floor corridor.
Water damage on the top floor.
The female pavilion across the way.
When originaly built ventilation of the bath house was achieved by convection and a vent out through the roof from the top of the bath hall ceiling. Later it was by vent fan.
The central column behind the steel roof joists is the vent column from the bath hall.
Looking down through the vent column to the bath house floor below.
The Mask!
Sublime Beelitz architecture.
Down to the cellars now and this ancient power distribution board.
A narrow gauge railway enters this building from outside, part of the Beelitz underground supply and services tunnel system. Now it is almost all bricked up.
...and it terminates at the base of a large dumb waiter.
That's all folks... hope you liked the piccies!.
Thanks for looking...
Here is a selection of the photos we took commencing with the exterior but moving through the building, "tour style" in the same order which we explored it.
The exterior of the bath house building as we approached from the female pavilion opposite.
And we're in!
The bath hall proper...
Graf is everywhere you go in and around Berlin, mainly mindless tagging. But some is occasionally worth a look.
An abandoned bedstead - more sunlounger than hospital bed.
The front wall and it's south facing sun catcher windows!
The bath house tiled roof.
An interactive panorama shot within the bath house. Click the picture to open a fully interactive version in a new window.
Moving on.
Was this some sort of water therapy treatment room?
And perhaps this one too? Note the water header tank high on the wall in the corner.
Beauty in Decay...
Moving on again, top of the shop!
Top floor corridor.
Water damage on the top floor.
The female pavilion across the way.
When originaly built ventilation of the bath house was achieved by convection and a vent out through the roof from the top of the bath hall ceiling. Later it was by vent fan.
The central column behind the steel roof joists is the vent column from the bath hall.
Looking down through the vent column to the bath house floor below.
The Mask!
Sublime Beelitz architecture.
Down to the cellars now and this ancient power distribution board.
A narrow gauge railway enters this building from outside, part of the Beelitz underground supply and services tunnel system. Now it is almost all bricked up.
...and it terminates at the base of a large dumb waiter.
That's all folks... hope you liked the piccies!. Thanks for looking...
We got to get there one day.what an adventure that would be, great report as usual guys 
