German Salt Museum
The German Salt Museum / Industrial Monument Saline Lüneburg in Lüneburg was built on the site of the old production facilities of the Lüneburg saltworks after its closure in 1980.
history
The industrial monument Saline Lüneburg includes the Siedehaus, built from 1923 to 1925 and operated until 1980, two brine tanks from the early 19th century built south of the Siedehaus on a remnant of the city wall, the donkey barn, which was moved from a more western location to the southern side of the wall, which was originally to belonged to the chemical factory connected to the salt works and was built in its older part in 1852, as well as the well house built in 1832 by Friedrich Heinrich Laves above the brine shaft.
Exhibitions
A part of the boiling house (permanent exhibition) and the donkey stable (special exhibitions) are used as a museum. The museum presents the history of the Lüneburg saltworks as the oldest and once largest industrial company in Central Europe.
The permanent exhibition is divided into four exhibition areas:
- Salt in general
- Middle Ages and early modern times
- 19th century
- 20th century
Demonstrations of medieval salt extraction take place in a reconstructed part of a medieval boiling hut. Employees of the salt museum show the salt boiling process in historical clothing on wood-fired lead salt boiling pans .
Award
See also
Web links
- German Salt Museum
- Culturegraph information about the German Salt Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Doris Böker: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, Volume 22.1, Hanseatic City of Lüneburg with Lüne Monastery . Imhof, Petersberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86568-563-6 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 6 ″ E