For more than 1000 years salt has determined the history of the city and made it powerful and wealthy.
It was not until 1980 that the production of salt in the Luneburg Saline saltworks finally closed its gates.
Today, the former saltworks houses theGerman Salt Museum.
The museum brings Luneburg’s history and its significance as a salt town to life.
When it was dry, he discovered white crystals in the bristles salt.
During the 12th century salt mining was the dominant feature of life in the town of Luneburg.
The old town of Luneburg lies above a salt dome which is the town’s original source of prosperity.
The houses there and the local church lost their stability and had to be demolished.
The diminishing salt reserve and the unprofitability of salt mining were the reasons the saltworks finally closed in 1980.
Today small amounts are still mined for ceremonial purposes.
The saltworks today houses a supermarket and the German Salt Museum.
