Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Karlsruhe District
Freudenstadt
Baiersbronn
Salbeofen on the Tonbachsteig
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Karlsruhe District
Freudenstadt
Baiersbronn
Salbeofen on the Tonbachsteig
Salbeofen on the Tonbachsteig
Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Nationalpark Schwarzwald
Location: Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Tips
“Lubricating and ointing helps everywhere,” so the saying goes. In the past, charcoal and useful by-products that were used, for example, for leather manufacture or pharmaceutical products were extracted from inferior knot wood.
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•July 17, 2017
The second kiln is even larger and better preserved than the first in the ascent.
translated by•May 20, 2023
The resinous logs were heated so much that the resin ran out and could then be further processed into tar water, pine oil, car grease, wood tar and pitch. Up until the 19th century there were a number of such ointment ovens in the surrounding woods.
Source: indiana-stones.de/mystische-st%C3%A4tten/mystische-st%C3%A4tten-in-s%C3%BCddeutschland/salbeofen-und-priorstein-bei-baiersbronntranslated by•October 21, 2022
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