Officials said the rules were for generic public swimming pools and had been applied by mistake.

A group of German naturists are up in arms after being ordered to cover up in preparation for the arrival of a new refugee shelter bordering the lake where they swim.

Members of the Familiensport und FKK Bund Waldteichfreunde Moritzburg club have been swimming naked at a secluded campsite north of Dresden for more than 100 years but have now been told to wear bathing suits.

Accommodation to house 112 asylum seekers is being built on the opposite shore of the lake, where notices have been sent with rules written in German, Farsi, Arabic and Albanian.

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