Hallors and Saline Museum
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The Technical Hallors and Saline Museum was founded in the buildings of the former Royal Prussian Saline, Halle upon Saale
in 1967. Hallors had been members of a brotherhood of salt producers .
The Royal Prussian Saline was founded by the Prussian King Frederic William I in on an island in the Saale river in 1721. It competed with the Lessee Saline. Initially the brine was fed through pipeline from the wells around the Hallmarkt. A newly created brine well had been used on the southern part of the Holzmarkt (lumber market square) from 1926. In 1868 this Saline was taken over by the Brotherhood of Lessees (Pfännerschaft). It was decommissioned in 1964.
In addition, visitors are shown the silver treasure of the Hallors consisting of artistically valuable cups and trophies. The oldest stem from the year 1671. Cups and trophies were gifts of local men and citizens for the merits of the brotherhood of the Hallors. In addition, the visitor gets a glimpse into the traditions of this brotherhood, their historic privileges and duties. Salt plants (halophytes) – typical plants growing on salty soils – are to find in the garden of the museum.
The Museum of Saline is maintained and promoted by a non-profit association since the 1st August in 2010.
To the Saline belong further buildings as an Administration Building from 1884 (rebuilt 1910), another Simmer House from 1874 and a Salt Store of 1845.
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
in 1967. Hallors had been members of a brotherhood of salt producers .
Geological Conditions
The salt deposits in the hall and the local salt works based on geological conditions, which are closely related to the Market Place Dislocation in Halle. The salt deposits are located in the Lopingian (Zechstein) of the environment.History of the Saline Area
The rich history of salt production from salt in Halle (Saale) goes back to the Bronze Age. As it can be traced back today: it based essentially on the use of four wells, near today’s Hallmarkt (meaning: salt market square): the Meteritz Well (created 803), and the Gutjahr Well, the Hacke Well and the German Born. Of these, only the Gutjahr Well under a house in Olearius St. is still present but since the 1950s covered and currently not accessible. Cooking of brine and refining to salt took place in simmer nodes. This Saline was called “Lessee Saline in the Valley of Halle” because Hallmarkt is situated lower than the Market Square. Salt production in the Lessee Saline came to its end in 1869.The Royal Prussian Saline was founded by the Prussian King Frederic William I in on an island in the Saale river in 1721. It competed with the Lessee Saline. Initially the brine was fed through pipeline from the wells around the Hallmarkt. A newly created brine well had been used on the southern part of the Holzmarkt (lumber market square) from 1926. In 1868 this Saline was taken over by the Brotherhood of Lessees (Pfännerschaft). It was decommissioned in 1964.
Hallors and Saline Museum
Primary concern of the museum is to demonstrate salt production as it had have a determining role in the creation and economic development of the city. The principal magnet is the monthly exhibitive panning in the Panning House, where technology and procedure of the salt production are presented from the extraction of the sole to the packing of simmered salt dating back to the 19th century. The Exhibitive Saline has an annual production of about 70 tons salt, sold out to visitors and bakers in Halle.In addition, visitors are shown the silver treasure of the Hallors consisting of artistically valuable cups and trophies. The oldest stem from the year 1671. Cups and trophies were gifts of local men and citizens for the merits of the brotherhood of the Hallors. In addition, the visitor gets a glimpse into the traditions of this brotherhood, their historic privileges and duties. Salt plants (halophytes) – typical plants growing on salty soils – are to find in the garden of the museum.
The Museum of Saline is maintained and promoted by a non-profit association since the 1st August in 2010.
Buildings and the Museum of Saline
The buildings of Saline are now the oldest witnesses of the industrial architecture in Halle upon Saale. The earliest buildings were erected from 1719 to 1721. The oldest remaining part of the Saline which is now designated as a Clock House is the former Salt Store , a timber frame building from the early 18th century with a high ridge turret. Next to it is an another Salt Store, a timber frame building from the 19th century, followed by an Simmer House from 1789 attached to back-side. The latter is one of the oldest Simmer Houses in Germany.To the Saline belong further buildings as an Administration Building from 1884 (rebuilt 1910), another Simmer House from 1874 and a Salt Store of 1845.