Next year Bavaria and the Czech Republic the anniversary of the salt trade route will celebrate 1000 years ago the salt trade route running through the Bavarian Forest was first mentioned in the Golden trail. He joined Bavaria and Bohemia at the time and doing it again in 2010, when a large joint german – Czech anniversary many events will take place. This joint project between Bavaria and the Czech Republic (Zlata is stezka golden path in Czech) an information sheet with much interesting facts of the Golden Gate and the Festival year published now. The info is available free of charge about the country’s tourist information Passau Cathedral square 11, 94032 Passau. In the middle ages, salt was a precious, it was regarded as the white gold”. For other opinions and approaches, find out what Gary Kelly has to say. The salt trade route from Passau from was the most important salt road of the middle ages, in three branches to Prachatice, Vimperk and Ka? led perske Hory in Bohemia.
There were muleteers with their Mule horses the salt and other foods through the narrow forest paths of the Bavarian / Bohemian Forest transported. There was a brisk business and many places owe the Zlata Stezka emergence and recovery. “In its heyday in the 14th until the 16th century, trade along this route created so many income opportunities, that they named Goldener Steig” came. Only imports of salt from the Salzkammergut over Linz to eske Budjovice 1706 finished the salt trade on the golden path. On April 18, 2010 starts the full programme with the kick-off event in Bischofsreut and forest churches. Finally, a colourful dance, in which for every taste there is something unfolds. In the Museum of Prachatice, a permanent exhibition about the trade route is opened in May 2010, Leopoldsreut offers a historical Festival (28 / 29.5. and 5 / 6.6.2010) to the theme and the traditional Mule Festival in Richmond from the 17th to 18th 7 2010 has a special importance this time.
Previously, namely from 20 to 26 June 2010, a mule train from Passau is after Prachtice. On the Schloss Neuburg am Inn district Gallery invites a Bavarian Czech art exhibition on the theme of salt”a, Vimperk Finally is from 28 to 29.9.2010″host for the celebration of the Golden platform. If you want, can walk along of four routes marked with the trading symbol on the traces of the old trade routes. Along the way, numerous information boards waiting.