German Salt Museum
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The German Salt Museum in the German town of Lüneburg
was established on the site of the old production facilities of the Lüneburg Saltworks
(Lüneburger Saline) when it was closed in 1980.
This industrial memorial which is based in the boiling house built in 1924 is one of the earliest of its type. It recalls the history of the oldest and, at one time, the greatest industrial operation in central Europe.
The museum is divided into four exhibition areas:
During the summer demonstrations take place in a replica of part of a medieval boiling hut are available on request. Members of the salt museum staff, dressed in historical costume, demonstrate the salt-boiling process using lead salt pans heated on wood fires.
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
was established on the site of the old production facilities of the Lüneburg Saltworks
Lüneburg Saltworks
The Lüneburg Saltworks was a saline in the German town of Lüneburg that extracted salt.According to legend, a hunter killed a wild boar whose coat was snow-white from crystallised salt...
(Lüneburger Saline) when it was closed in 1980.
This industrial memorial which is based in the boiling house built in 1924 is one of the earliest of its type. It recalls the history of the oldest and, at one time, the greatest industrial operation in central Europe.
The museum is divided into four exhibition areas:
- Salt in general (Salz allgemein)
- 20th century (20. Jahrhundert)
- 19th century (19. Jahrhundert)
- Middle AgesMiddle AgesThe Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
and Early modern periodEarly modern periodIn history, the early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages. Although the chronological limits of the period are open to debate, the timeframe spans the period after the late portion of the Middle Ages through the beginning of the Age of Revolutions...
(Mittelalter and frühe Neuzeit)
During the summer demonstrations take place in a replica of part of a medieval boiling hut are available on request. Members of the salt museum staff, dressed in historical costume, demonstrate the salt-boiling process using lead salt pans heated on wood fires.