Salt yard with salt boiler monument and Paulinen spring

  • Historic site
  • historical building
  • Structure/Modern architecture
  • Tourist attractions – various
  • Spa/healing spring
  • Historic town centre
  • Monument
  • Fountain

The Salzhof connects with the Paulinenquelle and the salt boiler memorial a long tradition. The historic place is also a location for memorable events, including the well-known Christmas market "Bad Salzufler Weihnachtstraum," the wine festival in summer, and the weekly market.


The salt boiler monument was erected on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city in 1988, donated by the municipal utilities of Bad Salzuflen. The monument commemorates the brine works that stood on the Salzhof until 1926.

The Paulinenquelle was long the only developed brine or healing spring in the city area and the oldest utilized brine spring of the city. Initially, bathing took place in the pump tower (1818-1855) until a fire destroyed the pump tower. Subsequently, Bathhouse I was built on the site of the present post office. The Sophienbrunnen has been producing mixed water with fresh water at the gradation works since 1896.

The earliest mention of "locum salis in uflon" indirectly named the spring on the Salzhof through the salt works and documented the more than 1000-year use of the spring. After the first bathing rooms were opened on the Salzhof, the spring also supplied the bathhouses with the therapeutically utilized brine water.

The weekly market takes place every Tuesday and Saturday, offering a diverse range of fresh goods from the region.

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