The tax and salt office was located in the Pfennigstube. Here the export duties for the salt produced from brine in Sooden were paid before passing the Söder Gate. It …

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codo786

June 2, 2018

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The Pfennigstube is a Renaissance substructure with an attached half-timbered floor. Here the salt carters had to pay their toll at the exit of the saltworks: 2 pfennigs per eighth of salt loaded (around 155 pounds). This is how the name “Pfennigstube” came about.
(Source: information board in front of the building)
In front of the building there is an old court table with scales, also known as the salt table.

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René

July 20, 2022

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Good to know: There are public toilets in the basement

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1. Dietzenröder Stein – Vatteröder Stein loop from Bad Sooden-Allendorf

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2. Hörne Viewpoint (523 m) – Hohestein Viewpoint (569 m) loop from Bad Sooden-Allendorf

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3. Hiking loop from Bad Sooden-Allendorf

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Location: Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Dietzenröder Stein – Vatteröder Stein loop from Bad Sooden-Allendorf

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