The Saltworks Cycle Path leads from Rosenheim to Hallein along salt extraction sites, salt trade routes and brine pipelines.
The Saltworks Cycle Path leads from Rosenheim to Hallein along salt extraction sites, salt trade routes and brine pipelines.
Tour description:
Rosenheim - Chiemsee - Grassau - Traunstein - Teisendorf - Piding - Bad Reichenhall - Berchtesgaden - Hallein/Austria
The saltworks cycle path along historic salt production sites , salt trade routes and brine pipelines begins in Rosenheim am Salingarten - the end point of the last brine pipeline. You drive over hilly terrain past the Simssee to the Chiemsee.
Before you get to Grassau, you will pass the Salz & Moor Museum in the so-called "Klaushäusl". A stopover is worthwhile because here is the only brine pumping station that is still in its original state and the visitor learns a lot of interesting facts and the history of salt . There is also a museum cafe and a moor adventure trail with playground, climbing hill, nature discovery footbridge and a shallow water pond.
The cycle path meanders further along the Chiemgau Alps to the former salt pan town of Traunstein , the heart of the Chiemgau. The saline town is the pulsating center of the Chiemgau and with many historic squares, sights , shops, three breweries , an adventure warm pool, many restaurants and cafes, it is a town that combines tradition and modernity. Traunstein's historical importance as a town of salt trade and home of the former Pope Benedict, who spent his youth here, is evident in many places.
Via a low longitudinal valley you reach Teisendorf, Piding and finally the Saline Bad Reichenhall . We continue towards Berchtesgaden , where a visit to the salt mine is worthwhile. The cycle path leads downstream to the former salt works in Marktschellenberg and ends in Hallein in Salzburger Land .