Germany
Lower Saxony
Hameln-Pyrmont
Bad Münder am Deister
Söltjerbrunnen (Salt Workers' Fountain) Bad Münder
Germany
Lower Saxony
Hameln-Pyrmont
Bad Münder am Deister
Söltjerbrunnen (Salt Workers' Fountain) Bad Münder
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Location: Bad Münder am Deister, Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany
Here you can watch salt boilers and salt carriers at work and the chimes
listen, which sounds daily at 9:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.
March 18, 2021
The fountain illustrates the more than 1,000-year history of salt production in today's spa town of Bad Münder.
The name Söltjer is the Low German name for a salt dealer.
July 23, 2022
A monument to the salt workers, called Söltjer, was erected with the fountain in Marktstrasse and there is a historical circular route through the old town called “Söltjerweg”.
Source: weserbergland-tourismus.de/de/p/bad-muender/54754790
September 22, 2022
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