Soltau Salt Museum
The Soltau Salt Museum deals with the history of human use of the salt spring and the salt dome near Soltau . It was opened on May 30, 2015 following preparatory work by the Soltau Salt Sinker Association.
Salt production in Soltau
People have been using the Soltau salt spring for 5000 years and have settled in the vicinity, as archaeological finds show. The Soltau salt source gave its name to the city of Soltau and the Soltau river , which flows directly past the salt source. Soltau was first mentioned in a document in 936. King Otto I the Great gave the former Salzhof - curtis salta - to the Quedlinburg Abbey, which he founded in the same year . The valuable thing about the Salzhof was the salt spring - the salt of which was used at the time to preserve animal skins, which were then processed into parchment. The parchment was used in the Quedlinburg Abbey to produce monastic writings and secular documents. Probably the Soltau salt was also used in the numerous Soltau dye works and tanneries to preserve fur.
From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, the commercial production and trading of their own salt was forbidden to the Soltau citizens due to the Lüneburg salt monopoly .
In the 19th century Eduard Weinlig tried to operate a salt works in Soltau. In addition, he planned the construction of a chemical factory and the use of the Soltau brine for bathing purposes. These plans could not be implemented due to the authorities refusing permission to build a salt works.
At the end of the 1980s, the Soltau city council implemented Eduard Weinlig's idea and built the Soltau Therme. Eduard Weinlig's idea of running a salt works or boiling salt in Soltau has also been implemented by the Soltau Salt Boiler Association since 2008. Since then, the Soltauer Salzsiederverein has been boiling the brine, which is taken from the thermal well, using the pan process Soltau saline salt.
Salt Museum
In addition to the local history, the importance and use of salt as a means of payment, as a preservative and as a raw material for the chemical industry is explained and made tangible in the Soltau Salt Museum. The Soltau Salt Museum houses one of the largest collections of salt and pepper shakers in the form of collector's items from the Goebel company.
In addition to the indoor area in the Bahnhofstrasse 6 building, the museum also has an outdoor area on the property opposite. There, the Soltau Salt Sinker Association has recreated a well house, a historic boiling hut and the graduation house, a medieval salt production facility. The entire museum area - both inside and outside - is barrier-free.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilfried Worch-Rohweder: Salt Museum Soltau. Accessed October 16, 2016 (German).
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Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 14.6 " N , 9 ° 49 ′ 59.5" E