Saline structures in Bad Salzuflen

A piece of Bad Salzuflen identity

The impressive graduation works have shaped the cityscape of Bad Salzuflen for centuries - long before the foundation of the state spa.

Originally, they were part of the Salzuflen brine: From 1767, the first of these technical masterpieces was built in Bad Salzuflen to make the extraction of the precious salt from our brine more effective and easier. Until then, the brine was painstakingly boiled in pans to obtain the white gold; now the salty water flowed over a structure that evaporated the water and purified the brine, for example, from lime and iron oxide. The structure is essentially made of wood and blackthorn, which is particularly robust and resilient. The brine concentrated in this way could be boiled down to salt more quickly - this reduced the enormous consumption of wood needed for salt production.

The first Salzuflen “graduation tower” was built by Johann Friedrich Constantin Freiherr von Beust. He was an expert in graduation works and sought after all over Germany. Count Simon August zur Lippe commissioned him, gave him a free hand, and appointed him as the first salt director.

Over the following decades, the T-shaped graduation work ensemble developed, which served salt extraction until 1945.

Today, the graduation works are more than just a charming relic of the past: they form a huge open-air inhalatorium. Daily, around 600,000 liters of brine trickle over the mighty blackthorn walls, atomizing into the finest brine mist and creating a sea-like climate.
This brine mist reaches the airways with a wealth of vitalizing micro-particles. It stimulates the blood circulation in the lungs and the oxygen transport into the blood in a completely natural way.

A stroll along the Bad Salzuflen graduation works is as healthy as a walk by the sea.

The graduation work ensemble consists of 3 buildings:

• the large Graduation Work Parkstraße, which stretches from the main entrance of the spa park along the rose garden to the Schliepsteiner gate and invites you to linger with numerous benches on both sides of the graduation works
• the Graduation Work with the distinctive clock tower, which features a covered promenade, a sun deck, and a brine Kneipp arm basin
• the internally accessible Experience Graduation Work, which includes relaxation niches inside, a brine mist chamber with soft music and a color-changing starry sky, and a viewing platform with magnificent views of the city and spa park.

Graduation work or saline?

A saline refers to a facility for the extraction of salt. In contrast, a graduation work is part of the process to increase the salt content of the brine. Therefore, a graduation work precedes a saline to further concentrate the brine before salt is extracted in the saline.

The brine is also used as a local healing remedy in GESUNDWERK Bad Salzuflen and in the VitaSol Therme - for example, in various atomizations for the treatment of respiratory diseases or in the movement pool for active offerings in pleasantly warm thermal brine.

In the Bad Salzuflen VitaSol Therme, guests can float in almost weightless conditions in the intensive brine pool. Salt infusions in the sauna park cleanse and detoxify the body. Enjoy carefree hours during a visit to the thermal landscape and sauna park of the VitaSol Therme .