Uferweg circular route
Informationen zur Route
Category
Wandern
region
Basel
Difficulty
Mittel
Länge
10.5
km
Dauer
3:00 h
Aufstieg
96 m
Abstieg
96 m
Best Time of Year
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Description
Salt is a main reason why so many industrial businesses settled in Pratteln. The first salt discovery in 1836 marked the start of industrialization. Carl Christian Friedrich Glenk founded the saltworks on Pratteln soil and named the place Schweizerhalle, which means «Swiss place where there is salt». At the Salt shop you can discover the diverse world of Swiss saltworks. A guided tour through the Swiss saltworks shows the many fascinating facets of salt - please reserve in advance). Along the Rhine towards the Augst power plant, the ship lock impresses before the path along the Ergolz invites you to linger and swim.