Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land

Ramsau b. Berchtesgaden

Historic Brine Pipeline Wooden Pipes

Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land

Ramsau b. Berchtesgaden

Historic Brine Pipeline Wooden Pipes

Highlight • Monument

Historic Brine Pipeline Wooden Pipes

Recommended by 122 hikers out of 127

Save

Location: Ramsau b. Berchtesgaden, Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Historic Brine Pipeline Wooden Pipes

4.9

(456)

1,820

hikers

1. Söldenköpfl Mountain Inn – View of Ramsau loop from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden

17.9km

06:07

830m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

4.8

(396)

1,473

hikers

2. Soleleitungsweg Ramsau – View of Ramsau loop from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden

13.7km

04:11

440m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.8

(354)

1,310

hikers

3. View of the Watzmann Group – View of Ramsau loop from Oberschönau

15.1km

04:45

560m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

Tips

Rainer & Petra

July 21, 2024

The old brine pipeline was used to transport the "brine" - the salty water that was produced to mine rock salt in the Berchtesgaden salt mine. In the Bad Reichenhall saltworks, the salt was extracted from this brine by evaporating the water content. The brine transport and processing is still in operation today in a modified route via Bischofswiesen.

Historic wooden pipes - so-called "Deicheln"
The pipeline was built by the Royal Bavarian Saltworks Councilor Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach in 1817 after a construction period of only 20 months. The client in 1816 was King Max I and his minister, Count Montgelas. The particular difficulties in building a pipeline at that time were the lack of topographical maps, the complex surveying work in steep terrain, the large differences in altitude and the arduous transport of over 500 iron pressure pipes (approx. 1200 hundredweight) from the Upper Palatinate.
The route over the demanding, steep and longer stretch via Ramsau was chosen for political reasons: the easier and shorter route via Bischofswiesen / Hallthurm could not be used at the time due to border difficulties with Austria.
In the course of this construction project, a 25 km long brine pipeline was built from Berchtesgaden via Ramsau to Bad Reichenhall, with a gradient of 356 m to be overcome.

Translated by Google •

Nordhesse

July 24, 2023

There is a small exhibition shelter with old brine pipes directly on the brine line path.

Translated by Google •

Jürgen G.

August 21, 2023

Small tunnel

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 950 m

Weather

Today

Tuesday 11 November

9°C

4°C

10 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Ramsau b. Berchtesgaden, Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

View of Wimbachgries in Berchtesgaden National Park

View of Hochkalter

Ascent to Blaueishütte

Watzmannhaus

Wartstein Viewpoint and War Memorial

Blaueishütte

Zauberwald Along the Ramsauer Ache

Wimbachgries

Berggaststätte Söldenköpfl

Soleleitungsweg Scenic Trail

Mühlenbach Beside the Ramsauer Ache

View of Wimbachgries Valley

Historic Brine Pipeline Wooden Pipes

1. Söldenköpfl Mountain Inn – View of Ramsau loop from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden

2. Soleleitungsweg Ramsau – View of Ramsau loop from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden

3. View of the Watzmann Group – View of Ramsau loop from Oberschönau

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️