11 tennis courts

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11 tennis courts

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Tennis courts

After gambling was banned, Baden-Baden had to keep reinventing itself to offer its guests appealing entertainment.... and this section of the avenue bears witness to that: English guests brought all kinds of ball sports into fashion: cricket, tennis, golf. Even a newfangled sport called "soccer" was among them. People developed a taste for outdoor exercise for the sake of their health.

It was not the English who made sporting exercise en mode! There was already a river swimming pool in this place! And in winter the floodplain was flooded. When the temperatures dropped below zero, the area froze into an ice meadow. Then people met here for the popular skating!

The second oldest tennis club in Germany was also founded here: The "Baden-Baden Lawn Tennis Club" - as the club called itself in 1881. And already in 1896 a beautiful clubhouse was built here. In the same year, one of the founders of the club, Baron von Fichard, wrote the first German set of rules and regulations, the main features of which are still considered to be the rules of the white sport. By the way, one of the founders of the tennis club was a Reverend Archibald T. S. White. A clergyman. Reverend White was convinced that sport could unite people. The first international tennis tournament took place here in Baden-Baden! Even the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VII was present. Sport as a means of international understanding. A beautiful thought!
The people of Baden-Baden were proud when, during the 2006 World Cup, the English national soccer team was a guest at the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe up in the Black Forest!