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Salt from the Dürrnberg
The salt in the Dürrnberg salt mines was worth more than gold. It was essential for many thousands of people between the Rhine and Vltava rivers. Salt in the eastern Alps was created more than 300 million years ago in the Triassic Ocean.
 
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  Hallstatt   Hallstatt
Salt was mined in the Hallstatt salt mines on an industrial scale 3500 years ago. The decline in Hallstatt’s salt production at the end of the Hallstatt period brought an upturn for Dürrnberg near Hallein.
 
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  Prähistorische Siedlungsstrukturen am Dürnnberg   Prehistoric settlements on the Dürrnberg
The relatively flat landscape of the Dürrnberg had space for new settlements around 550 BC. There was a settlement of craftsmen in the only relatively flat mountain valley of the Dürrnberg.
 
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  Keltische Streitwagen als taktisches Kriegsgerät   Celtic chariot as tactical war machine
The Roman infantry encountered units of Celtic chariots for the first time in northern Italy in 387 BC. Unlike the ceremonial Etruscan vehicles, these chariots were used exclusively for battles and chariot races.
 
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  Die Schnabelkanne vom Dürnberg   The beaked flagon from Dürrnberg
Precious wine was drunk from drinking horns, but even more precious was the fact that it was kept in bronze beaked flagons. Instead of imported Etruscan bronze beaked flagons, Celtic artisans imitated excellent shoulder jugs (of which only six have been found so far in Europe).
 
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  Leder- und Textilherstellung   Leather and textile production
Lime lye was used to tan the raw skins. For this purpose limestone was burned in a furnace and then doused with water. The complicated weaving technique was performed on upright looms with four rods.
 
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  Das Fürstengrab.  
The prince’s grave
Beneath a large stone/earthen mound a wooden chamber 3 metres long was erected. The sepulchre was about 1.5 metres high and the prince was buried on his two-wheeled chariot.
 
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Interviews with Dir. Mag. Kurt W. Zeller (Keltenmuseum Hallein), Johann Reschreiter (Natural History Museum Vienna) and Herrn Mag. Stefan Moser (Research Centre Dürrnberg) on:

  • The history of research Dürrnberg/Hallein
  • Salt mining in Hallstatt
  • Mountain valley on the Dürrnberg/Moserstein
  • Dürrnberg as trading centre
  • Linothorax, armour from linen strips

complete the film (duration: about 50 minutes).

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Produced in cooperation with:
Kelten Museum Hallein
 
With the kind assistance of :
Kultur Land Salzburg
 
M-real Hallein AG
 
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
 
 
 
 
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    Produced in cooperation with Keltenmuseum Hallein
 
 
    With the kind assistance of Kulturland Salzburg - M-real Hallein AG - Naturhistorisches Museum Wien