Sülze Saltworks

The saline in aspic was a factory for salt extraction and operated since the High Middle Ages to 1862. You have certain essential history of the village of brawn and the surrounding heath villages.

History

The beginning before 1381

Documented the Saline was first mentioned in a directory on the collection of a ladle interest in aspic in 1381. Even before this time, was promoted in aspic Sole and derived salt. With buckets and water-driven pumps, the springs were promoted from the one constructed from the source wells and called over a ditch, later on wooden pipes to the Siedehäusern, even skating or Koten, passed. In these the water were evaporated in boiling pans over a peat fire by heating until the evaporated salt remained. The tin pans had a size of 4 m to 5 m × 3.50 m to 4.20 m × 32 cm to 39 cm depth. They took so about 7 m³ of brine.

Was sponsored principally the development of Sülzer Sole by the dukes of the Principality of Lüneburg, who wanted hereby establish a counterweight to the town of Lüneburg. Lüneburg had succeeded because of the salt trade to achieve a high degree of independence from the rulers. However, considering the amounts won, the superiority of the Luneburg Saline is clear. While in the Hanseatic city average of 110,000 t were produced annually, it was in aspic just 4000 t. In addition to that, the salinity of the brine, which up to 25 % was in Lüneburg, in aspic on average only 5% reached and thus economical operation was hardly possible.

The rights to the salt mines were at the Lüneburg Dukes, however, were leased by them to the owner of boiling pans.

In the 17th century

Over the centuries, the Siedestellen had to be postponed several times because of lack of fuel in the surrounding villages. All brawn directly to adjacent peatlands were already dismantled, productive economies site was no longer possible. In the years 1673-1678 the Siedestellen from Twießelhoper Moor ( Ostermoor ) were transferred to the Born Rieth Moor. Two salt skating with two boiling pans and a leak factory of about 170 up to 200 m, about 14 m high and about 7.50 m were constructed in width. With extra excavated Schiffgraben the peat was brought zoom ( of course this channel is still seen in some cases ). The brine was wooden tubes of brawn. In a bog near Bohrmühle for the production of brine pipes made ​​of logs was built. The tubes were made ​​of fir trunks, had a length of 5.80 m to 6.70 m and a bore opening of 5 inches ( = 12.14 cm). The drilled logs were plugged together to form a line. To this end, the hole was enlarged at the end of a stem conical, the other stem end got a bit. The joints were carefully sealed. The line was installed underground in the rule so that the wood is not rotted so quickly.

In the 18th century

Already in 1719 were first considerations made ​​the Siedestellen to move again because the Born Rieth Moor exhausted itself. 10 to 15 million pieces of turf were needed annually. In the period from 1719 to 1725 then moved to the brine line through the " Everser Busch" in the newly emerging in the " scouring break" village Altensalzkoth. For this purpose, the existing tube line from Lindhorst was first at the Örtze along eastward to Eversen over, moved to the Salt skating in Altensaltzkoth. A portion of this tube dam is obtained from Eversen today. The track has a length of more than 3 km. Since the brine had to be conducted over long distances but now, now new problems. At the "tug hill" was the Sole ( " twitches " ) pumped 5 m high in order to achieve the required natural gradient by a water-driven pump. Through leaks in the pipes was lost on the way much brine. They also regularly clogged. This was also a productive economies will soon no longer be possible. Already in 1734 first considerations was hired to take a back laying in the Born Rieth Moor before. It remained in the plan. It was only in 1793, crucial for the delay was probably the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763), finally started after brawn with the apportionment of Siedestellen. 1798, the installation was complete. The continuing shortage of fuel, they tried to counter by an improved transport system. The peat from the surrounding moors was now brought by horse or ox carts after brawn.

1862 the end

In 1862, the operation was discontinued. The salt springs were filled. As a final Saline inspector Georg Wilhelm Hahse is called.

2012 Opening of the Saline Museum

On 26 August, the museum was opened in Saline Saline information house in the public park in a small ceremony. In addition to some show and information boards, a model of saline and an original brine tube can be seen.