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The Old Salt Route was a medieval trade route in northern Germany, one of the ancient network of salt roads which were used primarily for the transport of salt and other staples. In Germany it was referred to as ''Alte Salzstraße''. Salt was very valuable at that time and, consequently, was sometimes known as "white gold." The vast majority of the salt transported on the road was produced from brine near Lüneburg, a city in the northern central part of the country and then transported to Lübeck, a major seaport on Germany’s Baltic coast.〔(Sell, Nora. Die Alte Salzstraße – von Lüneburg nach Lübeck )〕 ==History== Historians generally recognize the Old Salt Route as part of a much longer path, which functioned as an important connection between the northern and southern reaches of the country. One of the oldest documents that confirms Lüneburg and its role in refining and transporting salt dates back to 956 A.D. According to that document, King Otto I the Great granted the St. Michaelis Monastery the customs revenue from the saltworks. Even at those early times, the city’s wealth was based in large part on the salt found in the area.〔St. Michaelis Lüneburg. “St. Michaelis Lüneburg - die Bachkirche im Norden”. () 2003.〕 However, the Old Salt Route attained its peak of success between the 12th and the 16th century.〔 The trade route led from Lüneburg northward to Lübeck. From that port city, most of the salt was shipped to numerous destinations that also lie on the Baltic Sea, including Falsterbo, with boasted a Scania Market. There it was used for the preservation of Herring, an immensely important food in the Middle Ages, as well as for other foods. The salt trade was a major reason for the power of Lübeck and the Hanseatic League.〔Pulsiano, Phillip and Wolf, Kirsten. Medieval Scandinavia. () Taylor & Francis. 1993. ISBN 0-8240-4787-7, p. 651.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Salt Route」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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