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Bathing water quality in Saxony, Germany

Saxony has 32 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all lake. 81.3% were classified Excellent — 9.6 points below the 90.9% across Germany — and 0 were Poor. By administrative district, the Excellent share is highest in Chemnitz (88.9% of 9) and lowest in Dresden (76.9% of 13). 25 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Badegewässerqualität in Sachsen

Von 32 offiziellen EU-Badestellen in Sachsen waren 2025 81,3 % „ausgezeichnet“; Zahl der als „mangelhaft“ eingestuften Badestellen: 0.

Tollert's quarry lake in Beucha, Saxony
Photo: Jwaller, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
32

official bathing waters

81.3%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.
Before you swim in Saxony

Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Health

In Germany each state publishes its own bathing-water results, closures and algae warnings during the season.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. State portal verified 3 November 2026.

Bathing waters in Saxony →

Map of official bathing waters in Saxony

Excellent 26Good 2Sufficient 1Poor 0Not classified 3
GREIFENBACHSTAUWEIHER: Excellent (2025)HARTHSEE: Excellent (2025)SPANNBETONWERK SEE: Excellent (2025)HALBENDORF SEE: Excellent (2025)KIESGRUBE PIRNA BIRKWITZ PRATZSCHWITZ: Excellent (2025)WALDBAD NIESENDORF: Excellent (2025)COSPUDNER SEE: Excellent (2025)AMMELSHAINER SEE: Excellent (2025)SPEICHERBECKEN BAERWALDE: Excellent (2025)TALSPERRE POEHL: Excellent (2025)OLBASEE: Excellent (2025)TALSPERRE MALTER: Excellent (2025)KIESGRUBE LUPPA: Excellent (2025)SPEICHERBECKEN NIEDERWARTHA: Excellent (2025)TALSPERRE BAUTZEN: Excellent (2025)KIESGRUBE EILENBURG: Excellent (2025)ALBRECHTSHAINER SEE: Excellent (2025)TAGEBAURESTSEE OLBERSDORF: Excellent (2025)TALSPERRE PIRK: Excellent (2025)KULKWITZER SEE: Excellent (2025)STAUSEE OBERRABENSTEIN: Excellent (2025)TALSPERRE FALKENSTEIN: Excellent (2025)STAUSEE OBERWALD: Excellent (2025)ERZENGLER TEICH: Excellent (2025)FILZTEICH: Excellent (2025)TAGEBAURESTGEWAESSER KOSCHEN: Excellent (2025)SPEICHER KNAPPENRODE: Not classified (2025)SPEICHERBECKEN LOHSA I: Not classified (2025)SPEICHERBECKEN BORNA: Not classified (2025)MARKKLEEBERGER SEE: Good (2025)BADESEE COSWIG KOETITZ: Good (2025)TALSPERRE KOBERBACH: Sufficient (2025)DresdenLeipzigChemnitzBavariaBrandenburgSaxony-AnhaltThuringia
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Saxony by administrative district

Sites are placed in the Eurostat NUTS 2 administrative districts that contain their reported coordinates.

2025 EEA classes by administrative district
Administrative districtSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Dresden1310 (76.9%)1002
Leipzig108 (80%)1001
Chemnitz98 (88.9%)0100

Most consistent Excellent sites

25 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.

  1. ALBRECHTSHAINER SEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  2. AMMELSHAINER SEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  3. COSPUDNER SEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  4. ERZENGLER TEICH 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  5. FILZTEICH 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  6. GREIFENBACHSTAUWEIHER 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  7. HALBENDORF SEE 11 seasons · Dresden
  8. HARTHSEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  9. KIESGRUBE EILENBURG 11 seasons · Leipzig
  10. KIESGRUBE LUPPA 11 seasons · Leipzig
  11. KIESGRUBE PIRNA BIRKWITZ PRATZSCHWITZ 11 seasons · Dresden
  12. KULKWITZER SEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  13. OLBASEE 11 seasons · Dresden
  14. SPANNBETONWERK SEE 11 seasons · Leipzig
  15. SPEICHERBECKEN BAERWALDE 11 seasons · Dresden
  16. SPEICHERBECKEN NIEDERWARTHA 11 seasons · Dresden
  17. STAUSEE OBERRABENSTEIN 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  18. STAUSEE OBERWALD 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  19. TAGEBAURESTGEWAESSER KOSCHEN 11 seasons · Dresden
  20. TAGEBAURESTSEE OLBERSDORF 11 seasons · Dresden
  21. TALSPERRE BAUTZEN 11 seasons · Dresden
  22. TALSPERRE FALKENSTEIN 11 seasons · Chemnitz
  23. TALSPERRE MALTER 11 seasons · Dresden
  24. TALSPERRE POEHL 11 seasons · Chemnitz

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 32 official bathing waters in Saxony was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (0)

None.

Declined (2)

How Saxony rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
2025292689.7%0
2024282692.9%0
20232929100%0
20222828100%0
20212929100%0
20202929100%0
20193030100%0
20183030100%0
20173030100%0
20163030100%0
20153030100%0

All 32 official bathing waters in Saxony

Grouped by administrative district, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 32 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Dresden 13 sites · 76.9% Excellent
Leipzig 10 sites · 80% Excellent
Chemnitz 9 sites · 88.9% Excellent

Compared with other states in Germany

#StateSitesExcellentPoor
1Berlin39100%0
2Brandenburg24995.6%0
3Hesse6195.1%0
4Bavaria37893.1%1
5Thuringia3992.3%0
6Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania29692.2%0
7Baden-Württemberg30890.3%2
8Saxony-Anhalt7290.3%0
9Schleswig-Holstein33089.4%0
10Rhineland-Palatinate6689.4%0
11North Rhine-Westphalia11788%0
12Lower Saxony27387.2%0
13Saxony3281.3%0
14Hamburg1681.3%0

States with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Saxony were rated Excellent in 2025?
26 of 32 (81.3%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 2 were Good, 1 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 3 had no class. That ranks Saxony 13 of 14 Germany states by Excellent share.
Which administrative district of Saxony has the highest share of Excellent sites?
Chemnitz: 88.9% of its 9 sites were Excellent in 2025. Leipzig follows with 80%. Only administrative districts with at least five sites are compared; see the full table.
Which beaches and lakes in Saxony have the best long-term record?
25 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example ALBRECHTSHAINER SEE, AMMELSHAINER SEE, COSPUDNER SEE. See the ranking.
Were any bathing waters in Saxony rated Poor?
No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Bathing waters in Saxony, run by Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Health, and on signs at the water. The annual EEA class does not include temporary bans or algae warnings.

Germany overview · All states of Germany · Bathing season dates

Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Germany, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and administrative district boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Germany. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.