{"id":872,"date":"2026-06-07T06:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/salzbergwerk-berchtesgaden\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"salzbergwerk-berchtesgaden","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/salzbergwerk-berchtesgaden\/","title":{"rendered":"Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">An active salt mine that is also open to visitors, its first tunnel driven in 1517. The tour combines historic salt mining with a pit railway, slides and an underground salt lake.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ride into the mine on the pit railway<\/li>\n<li>Two miners' slides as in the miners' day<\/li>\n<li>Crossing the underground salt lake by raft<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia show on the history of salt<\/li>\n<li>A constant 12 \u00b0C underground, pleasantly cool on hot days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Founded<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">1517 (first tunnel)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Tour duration<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">approx. 1 hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Underground temperature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">year-round approx. 12 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Opening<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">daily 09:00\u201317:00 (please verify)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Miners' slides<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">two slides, up to approx. 40 m long<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Audio guide<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">in 17 languages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car via the Bergwerkstra\u00dfe, parking on site; connection to public transport from Berchtesgaden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Year-round (underground); ideal as a bad-weather or heat alternative<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Duration:<\/strong> approx. 1 hour guided tour, about 1.5\u20132 hours in total<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Admission payable, online booking recommended (fares please verify)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Book tickets online in advance, tours have limited capacity<\/li>\n<li>Protective clothing is provided, sturdy footwear still advisable<\/li>\n<li>Photography and filming underground are not permitted<\/li>\n<li>Not barrier-free, no access with prams or dogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Berchtesgaden Salt Mine is one of the oldest still-active salt mines in the world and its beginnings reach back to the early 16th century, when the ecclesiastical prince-provostry of Berchtesgaden began systematic mining in 1517. For centuries the white gold was the most important source of income for the region and lent the small mountain state an importance that went far beyond its size, for salt was in the Middle Ages and the early modern period an indispensable commodity for the preservation of food.<\/p>\n<p>The salt itself is ancient in geological terms: it formed when, more than 200 million years ago, a primeval sea evaporated and left behind mighty salt deposits, which were later folded deep into the rock by the formation of the Alps. The salt is still extracted today by pumping water into the mountain, which dissolves the deposits and is brought back up as brine. For visitors a part of the historic galleries is accessible, where mine railways, wooden miners' slides and an underground mirror lake make the fascinating world below ground come alive.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Gear &amp; reviews \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aktives und zugleich f\u00fcr Besucher zug\u00e4ngliches Salzbergwerk, dessen erster Stollen 1517 aufgefahren wurde. Die F\u00fchrung verbindet historischen Salzabbau mit Grubenbahn, Rutschen und einem unterirdischen Salzsee. Highlights Einfahrt mit der Grubenbahn ins Bergwerk Zwei Bergmannsrutschen wie zu Bergmannszeiten \u00dcberquerung des unterirdischen Salzsees mit Flo\u00df Multimedia-Show zur Salzgeschichte Konstante 12 \u00b0C untertage, an hei\u00dfen Tagen angenehm k\u00fchl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":906,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39],"citadela-item-location":[42],"class_list":["post-872","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-location-berchtesgadener-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/872\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}