Reichenhall

Reichenhall, an Alpine spa in the extreme south-east of Bavaria, 10 miles SW. of Salzburg. It was almost wholly consumed by fire in 1834, and has been handsomely rebuilt. It is the chief centre of the Bavarian salt-works, and in the manufacture of salt (11,800 tons annually) its 3436 inhabitants are for the most part employed, though the delightful air of the valley in which it stands, and its saline springs, attract about 6000 visitors every summer. The salt-springs are fifteen in number, and lie at a depth of 80 feet; two of them yield 25 per cent. of salt. A brine conduit, 75 miles in length, conveys the water of the salt-springs from Berchtesgaden, through Reichenhall, over mountain 1150 feet high, to Traunstein and Rosenheim, in the vicinity of which abundant timber for fuel is procurable.