Saltworks

The former saltworks in Ciechocinek presents the exposition dedicated to the history of saltworks and the health resort in Ciechocinek. Real jewels of the collection are carefully renovated apparatuses for therapeutic exercises by Wilhelm Zander. The exhibition also consists of first bathtubs for brine baths, beds for massages, bikes, and other rehabilitation and therapeutic devices.

The monumental saltworks does not operate since few years, however, for 180 years it is an important part of the complex specialized in acquiring this valuable material and various by-products such as Ciechocinek slit or medicinal lye.

There is also the 19th-century tank for concentrated brine which is distributed to graduation towers by the special pipe system. Graduation tower is a device used for increasing the concentration of salt in brine and thickening it. When heated, concentrated brine goes into a dry form which is one of the most mineral-rich table and medicinal salt.