Award for over 50 years of commitment to the Natural Badesee Große Woog
For his many years of volunteering with Woogsfreunde, Dr. Reinhard Cuny awarded the honorary letter from the State of Hesse by Mayor Hanno Benz on March 11, 2025.
“Reinhard Cuny has been committed to Darmstadt's large swimming lake in the east of our city for over 50 years. It is thanks to his commitment that the Woog is preserved as a natural pool lake. It is a great pleasure for me to give him this deserved award today, ” said Benz at the award ceremony.
A life for the preservation of the Woog
Dr. Reinhard Cuny, born in 1951, was a co -initiator of the citizens' initiative to maintain and maintain the Woog as a natural pool lake , which he found in 1973. Later, the non -profit association “Woogsfreunde - Citizens' Initiative to protect the natural bathroom ”
From 1973 to 2023 Cuny was , including almost 20 years as chairman . Honorary Chairman, he has been of the extended board since 2024. financing of numerous projects with which the Woogsfreunde supported the city of Darmstadt fell during his term
Donations for the preservation of the natural pool lake
During Cuny's board time, the association supported numerous measures at the Woog, including:
- 15,289 euros for the renovation of the shower rooms in the island pool
- 6,928 euros for the new painting of the doors in the family pool
- 5,803 euros for the construction of a rescue bracket
- 3,012 euros for the renewal of the handrails at the stairs into the water
- Further donations for trees, benches and infrastructural improvements
With this award, the state of Hesse honors the decades of commitment from Dr. Reinhard Cuny for the preservation of the Great Woog as a natural pool .
