Salt Museum in Lüneburg (26 pics + text)

Today we visit the museum dedicated to the matter, without which life on Earth would be impossible. Over thousands of years salt determined the history of Lüneburg. In 1980, the city was closed, and the salt mine in the building of the local mine opened a museum. Let's take a look inside.




Inside the museum Luneburg salt (it. Deutsches Salzmuseum, Industriedenkmal Saline Lüneburg) we get through the old car, which at the time was transported "white" gold.







This museum is not a classic. Here you can touch everything with his hands and taste. Oh, and you can take pictures for free (even with a tripod). Over the entrance you take 6 euros.



It is believed that the man began potreblint salt in the Neolithic period, t. E. About 5-7 thousand years ago.



The first to realize that salt is vital, were Chinese. 4000 years ago, they brought even the salt tax.



In some parts of Africa is the white matter, and to this day remains the most valuable substance.



Salt is sodium chloride, rock, sea, black, diet, iodized, extra, small, medium, large, technical, pelletized, seeded.



By the way, it turns out that before potreblinli salt in large quantities - 10 kg per year. Now only about 6.



Previously, the salt was mined in many different ways: in the fire burned plants, evaporated seawater, broke out in the underground rock salt mines. In the Lüneburg salt digested.



At first it was extracted from the earth,





then it falls apart on the big "pans" and finally dried.



In the 19th century this year by receiving 10 to 18 thous. Tons of salt a year. Later, "pans" have increased in size. 20 in length, 8 to latitude.



After digesting and vysushki salt is collected by a special device, and set off down the pipeline.









In the end, the finished product is made such by all possible means for the country.



Here's an interesting museum.