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Salt boiling at the Celtic Pavilion: Discover a piece of history!
Find out everything about salt production in Bad Nauheim, which has historical roots and offers exciting demonstrations.
Salt boiling at the Celtic Pavilion: Discover a piece of history!
The history of salt production in Bad Nauheim is an exciting journey into the past that goes back to the Celts. Volunteer salt boilers such as Michael Puhl, Klaus Feuerstein and Michael Herdt bring this tradition to life by holding demonstrations today at the Celtic Pavilion at Graduation Tower I. Visitors can experience first hand how the boiling process takes place - a process that takes around three hours and arouses great interest, especially among children. At a time when people still used wood for heating, it is now an electric oven that heats the raw brine, the salt content of which was 9.4 percent on that day Frankfurter Neue Presse reported.
In recent years, sales of the extracted salt have also been discontinued due to limits on arsenic content, but the salt is still popular as a bath salt and for inhalation. Visitors can take the salt produced home as a souvenir for just 5 euros.
A look into history
Salt production has a long tradition in this region that has developed over the centuries. The first remains of Celtic salt production facilities were discovered around 160 years ago, and since then numerous archaeological finds have come to light. These finds, which include Celtic ceramic and metal objects, are clear evidence of the historical importance of salt production in Bad Nauheim. In the 50s and 60s of the last century, extensive excavations took place, which unearthed not only Celtic but also medieval salt mine remains, such as Museums.de reported.
Visitors to the Celtic Pavilion can also experience history directly. The pavilion not only offers a working salt boiling oven, but also an area where you can try out Celtic salt boiling techniques yourself under expert guidance. In addition, text and image panels as well as films show the development of salt production and the associated techniques.
Modern salt production in a historical context
The basics of salt production have hardly changed over the centuries, even if the methods have evolved. Nowadays, salt is extracted from brine sources, and various technologies do the rest to get as much as possible from the resources. The introduction of blackthorn grading in the 18th century, which improved the salt quality, was extremely important. Such processes are also part of the long history of salt production in Germany, which goes back to the Neolithic, as the detailed description shows Wikipedia revealed.
The performances at the Celtic Pavilion run until November 2nd, on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visit this place steeped in history and be enchanted by the tradition and craftsmanship of the salt makers - you may even take a “bag of white gold” home with you!