Old Salt Works
The strict rectangular layout of the complex - an industrial monument of international significance - encompasses three inner courtyards. The central part of the salt works is formed by the main pumping hall and by the spring works chapel, a gem built in neo-Romanesque style with window frames by Moritz von Schwind. Fourteen meters below the main pumping hall the brine springs flow through marble canals. Still in operation today, a mid-19th
century pump incessantly forces the brine to the surface through the main spring shaft built by Erasmus Grasser in 1507.
Tours include the pumping hall, some of the underground tunnels and the informative salt works museum.
Additional information at:
» www.alte-saline-bad-reichenhall.de
Thursday, 21. August 2008
