Salt Mine Hallstatt - The World's Oldest Salt Mine

The World's Oldest Salt Mine

7,000 years of salt mining in Hallstatt. The “Man in Salt” accompanies the visitors on their journey through time at the Salzwelten Hallstatt.

Since 2002, the “Man in Salt” is the central theme of the re-designed Salzwelten mines. In 1734, a corpse preserved in salt was discovered right in a salt deposit, a contemporary chronicle describing it as “pressed flat and tightly grown into the rock. Clothing and tools were quite strange but well preserved.”

The Dachstein-Hallstättersee region has been appointed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

This honour is certainly closely connected to the salt mining history of Hallstatt that goes back 7,000 years. In the olden days, the miners lived on the elevated plain that you will reach comfortably with the cable-car in a few minutes. The story of the “Man in Salt” is true and we are certain that there still is the chance to find another “Man in Salt” any day.

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