Salzwelten Hallstatt

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Salt has been extracted in the high valley above Hallstatt for thousands of years; Salzwelten therefore describes the salt mountain as the oldest salt mine in the world. The burial ground in the high valley gave the Hallstatt period (roughly 800 to 400 BC) its name, and Johann Georg Ramsauer uncovered almost a thousand graves there from 1846. Because salt preserves organic material, tools, lighting sticks and ropes from the Bronze and Iron Ages have survived; in 1734 miners also came across a prehistoric miner enclosed in the salt, the “Man in Salt”.

A first show mine was set up in 1926. In 2002 archaeologists found a wooden staircase dated to the 14th century BC, which is regarded as the oldest preserved wooden staircase in Europe; today it stands in the “Bronze Age Cinema” underground. Every summer the Natural History Museum Vienna conducts research in the burial ground and the old galleries together with Salzwelten and Salinen Austria AG.

The operator is Salzwelten GmbH, a subsidiary of Salinen Austria AG, which also runs the show mines at Dürrnberg and in Altaussee. After about a year of construction, a new, barrier-free funicular with a new valley and mountain station, bistro and large shop went into operation at the end of August 2026; at the same time the show mine was modernised.

The visit begins with the ride up to the high valley and the skywalk above the village. An experience trail across the burial ground leads to the Knappenhaus (miners' house), where the roughly 90-minute guided tour starts: about two kilometres on foot through the mountain, down long miners' slides to the illuminated underground salt lake and back into daylight on the mine train.

Højdepunkter

• Europe's oldest preserved wooden staircase in the “Bronze Age Cinema”
• Long miners' slides and light show at the underground salt lake
• Ride out on the mine train
• New funicular to the Hallstatt high valley
• “Welterbeblick” (World Heritage View) skywalk above the village and lake
• Prehistoric burial ground of the Hallstatt period

Permanente udstillinger

• Führung durch das Salzbergwerk – Roughly 90-minute tour through 7,000 years of salt mining with the Bronze Age Cinema, miners' slides, light show at the salt lake and mine train.
• Erlebnisweg über das Gräberfeld – Trail from the mountain station to the Knappenhaus with information boards at several stops on the Hallstatt period and salt mining.
• Ausstellung zu Johann Georg Ramsauer im Rudolfsturm – Free exhibition on the first floor of the former fortified tower about the pioneer of the excavations in the burial ground.

Grundlagt

1926

Ejer

Salzwelten GmbH (Salinen Austria AG)

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 200.000 (2019)

Entrépriser & rabatter

The combined ticket includes the guided tour of the salt mine as well as the ride up and down on the Salzbergbahn. Online vouchers available.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The new funicular, the path to the skywalk (via a panoramic lift) and the bistro are barrier-free. The salt mine itself is not wheelchair accessible: from the skywalk a roughly 15-minute walk leads to the Knappenhaus, and inside the mountain about 2 km are covered on foot.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familierAnbefales fra 4 år

The mine with its slides, mine train and salt lake is expressly promoted as a family outing. Children may enter the mountain from the age of 4; younger children can take the railway to the high valley and visit the skywalk. The Prehistoric Expedition is possible from the age of 10.

Transport & parkering

The meeting point is the valley station of the Salzbergbahn (Salzbergstraße 21). Hikers can walk up to the high valley and buy a ticket without the railway ride. Salzwelten recommends travelling by public transport.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik

Bistro “Weitblick 7000” with a viewing terrace at the mountain station, restaurant in the Rudolfsturm. Flagship store with salt products at the valley station, plus a Salzwelten shop in the village centre. Dogs are welcome (muzzle required on the railway); during the tour, free outdoor dog crates are available at the Knappenhaus.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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