{"id":91187,"date":"2026-06-25T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91187"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:51:20","slug":"german-swimming-lake-criticised-for-ban-on-non-german-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/25\/german-swimming-lake-criticised-for-ban-on-non-german-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"German swimming lake criticised for ban on non-German speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA26s1b3.img?w=768&h=615&m=6\" alt=\"The Heidesee new year swim in 2024. Critics say the ban on non-German speakers dresses up \u2018a blanket entry barrier for entire population groups\u2019 as a safety precaution. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance\/Alamy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An open air swimming lake in the eastern German city of Halle which has refused entry to bathers who don\u2019t speak German has been told it must lift the ban or face possible legal action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/german-swimming-lake-criticised-for-ban-on-non-german-speakers\/ar-AA26rjO1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a3cf14f92fe49d397f5cbc3ccc4e7d9&ei=48\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>An open air swimming lake in the eastern German city of Halle which has refused entry to bathers who don\u2019t speak German&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/german-lake-swimmers.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91189,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91187\/revisions\/91189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}