Salt road
As the salt road is called ancient trade routes on which salt has been transported. In the Middle Ages the transportation of goods over long distances was very tedious and expensive. Only noble and most sought-after merchandise such as silver, salt, amber, silk and spices were transported over long distances.
Destination of long-distance trade were the major cities. Between these cities, the first highways emerged. Since salt was not available everywhere, but was urgently needed to live, the salt roads exist primarily between areas without salt and the salt pans and salt mines.
The trade was bound by Niederlagsrechte to certain places and distances. So also had the salt in certain cities " resigned ", that is, be offered for sale. In addition, these cities also demanded taxes and duties. Since salt was vital, could thus be earned good money.
In Germany are very many " salt road ", " Old Salt Road " and " salt routes " known. The Hellweg is also a former salt road. Medieval salt roads are mostly known in its exact course. However, it has previously, various places where the early Middle Ages, and especially in pre-Roman times salt mining and other forms of salt production and thus caused the salt trade. These ancient routes can be described as prehistoric trade routes sometimes reconstruct goods finds, but at best fragmentary trace in the landscape.
The term Via Salina was chosen latter day after the naming scheme of the old Roman roads - a historic street name from the Roman period is not known. However, it is occasionally used, eg, for the semi - professional track search on appropriate ways and on behalf of the so-called Euroregion via salina with the objective of Regional promotion, primarily in tourist art
- 2.1 Upper Tyrolean Salt Road
- 2.2 Lower Tyrolean Salt Road
Salt Roads in Germany
Hallische Salt Roads
From the salt pans in Halle Halle ( Saale) stretched out on all sides trade routes. Even today, some of these roads as motorways, trunk roads or railway lines are visible. Other former major roads have become meaningless to the long-distance trade and only narrow trails. Partial wear some sections still called " salt road ". Important Hallische salt roads were in the Middle Ages in the following ways:
- High Street ( Merseburg - White Rock - Erfurt - Fulda - Hanau - Frankfurt am Main )
- Old Salt Road or Bohemian Road (route bundles between Halle and Prague)
- Salzkärnerstraße or Regensburger Straße
- Rhine street
- Dutch Street
- Dessauerstrasse
- Landsbergerstraße
- Delitzsch road
Saxon salt roads ( Bohemian walkways)
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In Saxony existed before the settlement of the Ore Mountains Erzgebirgsvorlandes and more so-called Bohemian increase ( Czech Česká stezka ). The majority of these trade routes led from the salt mines at Hall in the south- east and south through Saxony. They crossed the Erzgebirge different Erzgebirgspässe and Saxony joined with Bohemia. Because of the transported goods on a large scale, in brine, they were also called salt road. One of these compounds was from Leipzig Oederan, Sidon and Brüx ( must) to Prague. The formerly proposed tourist development of this road through the salt, founded in Hall 17 July 2010 club " Old Salt Road Hall - Prague " has since been abandoned.
Another of these Saxon salt roads leading from hall via Leipzig, Chemnitz (see also B 174), Zschopau, Marienberg, Reitzenhain and also Chomutov to Prague. Also known is an " Old Salt Road " in Vogtland. From the salt mines at Hall starting it led to the river Weiße Elster Elster following on a mountain, Schoenbach, stone village, Plauen, Trogen to court.
In the area Seifersdorf ( Dippoldiswalde ) you also knows a salt route from Freiberg Seifersdorf, Oelsa, Quohren, Kreicha, Lungkwitz to Pirna.
Bavarian Salt Roads
From Bad Reichenhall Saalachstrasse, river and the river Inn to Passau and on about the " Golden Path " to Bohemia
An important, though not yet scientifically researched way, is the " Böhmweg " from Deggendorf to rain, Zwiesel, Lindberg, Prasily / Stubenbach, Dobra Voda / Gutwasser, Hartmanice / Hartmanice, after Schüttenhofen / Sušice. He is the emperor in a deed dated January 1, 1029 at the earliest attested Altweg: " Strata que in Bavariam tendit - The road that leads to Bavaria ". So actually it's called "Bayer Road" - however if you go from Bohemia to Bavaria, it is the " Böhmweg ". The other route to Bavarian Eisenstein has nothing to do with the historic route, because today the border town is inhabited only since the late 16th century. " The " Böhmweg does not exist in the historical development. Rather, there are a whole bunch of ways, partly in the extent of about 5 kilometers. An old route began in Seebach at Niederaltaich where the Isarhochweg the Danube crossed (see Isar Mayrhofen, Isar Gmünd ), because originally the Isar was here. Then there are several trails that zustrebten the Ruselabsatz of the Geiersbergkirche at Deggendorf and from the city center via Haslach Parses. The now used as a tourist " Böhmweg " via Greising, Bishop corn, rain, Schweinhütt to Zwiesel; it is attested in the 18th century.
Cited in the deed of 1029 "way Gunther [ of Niederaltaich ] recently docked ", is now offered as a " Gunthersteig " as a hiking trail. He led by Niederaltaich over the Lallinger angle Rinchnach and then leaned forward Zwiesel into the old " Böhmweg ". The route offered today Niederaltaich - Rinchnach - Zwiesel - Bohemia (up to Prague! ) Is only to Zwiesel historically. As in the second half of the 16th century Duke of Bavaria the salt trade of the Passau "Golden climbing " took over, was a salt route from Vilshofen Schoenberg, the sun woodland Hangerleithen, rain continued to Bohemia. Also this way is like the Böhmweg and Gunthersteig not been explored scientifically.
The medieval salt route from Bad Reichenhall via Munich and Landsberg am Lech to Lake Constance.
Schleswig -Holstein Salt Road
This " Old Salt Road " leads from Lüneburg to Lübeck and is now signposted tourist route.
Thuringian Salt Roads
A street of Thuringia, on the earlier mainly salt was transported is the Salzmannstraße. Another salt road led from the Werra near Bad Salzungen to Erfurt.
Westphalia
In Munster there is in today's inner city, the salt road. An old salt route runs south of Hattingen near the place Holthausen in east-west direction from Unna to the Rhineland. The road still this name today.
Salt roads in Austria
Upper Tyrolean Salt Road
It led of Hall in Tirol by Außerfern over the Oberjochpass in the Allgäu and there over Immenstadt and Simmerberg to book horn in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, where the salt was shipped to Switzerland. 1771 lost its monopoly and Horn Book Lindau became the preferred salt trading center.
Lower Tyrolean Salt Road
She is the elder of the two salt roads that connected the mining areas around Berchtesgaden and Hall in Tyrol and Lake Constance. She led in the western part dominated over by the Bishop of Kempten area ( Kempten- Isny- Wohmbrechts ). The economic benefits of transport monopoly prompted the Duke of Tyrol, set up the aforementioned upper Handelswegvariante on predominantly private area.
Salt roads in Southern Europe
- The most famous Italian Salt Road, the Via Salaria led from Ostia to Rome to the Adriatic Sea.
- On a variety of salt road salt was transported from the salt flats of Provence in the Po Valley and in the central European centers. The best known are: the salt road and through the Roya Valley in the Maritime Alps on the Col de Tende to Cuneo
- The salt road that led through the Buco di Viso in the Cozie Alps to Saluzzo in Piedmont.