{"id":2632,"date":"2026-03-09T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/?page_id=2632"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:30:50","slug":"a-visit-from-the-salt-merchant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/open-air-museum\/a-visit-from-the-salt-merchant\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit from the salt merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='a'  class='avia-section av-6boj-964839248dbaa131430c011e9e66912b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2632'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-xke3-96c4b674a30a3471a9bbcaf7b1f7955b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lw9ee3ch-87abe83a71878e5911f22a3de36eb22a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-87abe83a71878e5911f22a3de36eb22a{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-87abe83a71878e5911f22a3de36eb22a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-87abe83a71878e5911f22a3de36eb22a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-87abe83a71878e5911f22a3de36eb22a av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >A visit from the salt merchant<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lw6p7skz-3879436eebab07eb7e420d4d7b81001b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It is still early when the salt merchant knocks on the door this morning. Together with his son, he has walked the long way from Hallstatt in Austria, across the Alps, to Lake Constance. In his luggage: precious salt. It has a pinkish sheen. The lake-dwelling family exchanges it for handmade wickerwork. They will use it to preserve food, but also to season their meals. The salt merchant and his son are wearing the clothing and equipment of the miners from their homeland. What is striking is the use of fur and leather \u2013 in contrast to the wool and linen fabrics of the basket-makers\u2019 family. Trade relations such as these facilitated not only the exchange of goods, but also the exchange of culture. Typical finds from both regions of the northern Alpine foothills are reproduced here in minute detail. Who knows what inspiration the salt merchant will take back with him to his homeland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1692,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5000,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632\/revisions\/5000"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}