The Old Salt Route (German: Alte Salzstraße) was a
medieval trade route in northern
Germany for the transport of
salt. The salt, at that time also called "white gold", was mined near
Lüneburg. The trade route led from there northward to
Lübeck, from where it was shipped to several destinations around the
Baltic Sea like
Falsterbo with its
Scania Market, where it was needed for the preservation of fish, which was exported through Lübeck to continental Europe. The salt trade was a major reason for the power of Lübeck and the
Hanseatic League.
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