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Old wine cellar / former coal shed
Historic site
The coal shed was the transfer point between the branch line and the salt works.
Address
Old wine cellar / former coal shed
Bismarckstraße 17
59505 Bad Sassendorf
Telephone: 02921-52655
Properties:
"Horses are replacing the heavy steam horse - the old time train in Bad Sassendorf is long gone". These two sentences come like a beacon from Sassendorf's salt works past and lead to the old coal shed, today's attractive wine bar "Zum Alten Weinkeller". The coal shed as a transshipment point between the branch line and the salt works was the artery of Sassendorf's industry. The 12 m high embankment - the branch line - extended from the station in a curve through the "Weidenloch" to the coal shed. The branch line and coal shed were built in 1850/55 together with the main railroad line from Soest via Sassendorf, Lippstadt to Paderborn.
The wagons were set in motion at Sassendorf station and the horses were able to pull without difficulty. The coal shed, which now served as a wine bar, ended the embankment. From the coal shed, the salt workers fetched the coal in wagons. The intensive firing of the pans resulted in a continuous operation
and, as one of the most important manufacturing companies, the Sassendorf salt works employed seventy workers at the time the coal shed was built and generated 21,176 thalers. Had it not been for the energetic support of the Sassendorfer Erbsälzer-Kollegium in the 1830/40s, Sassendorf would hardly have become a railroad station. The turning point in salt production came in 1934 when salt production was abandoned. This also meant that the coal shed and the branch line lost their importance. Salt was obtained more cheaply from mines. In 1937, the Brinks family bought the coal shed and the surrounding land. After many years of oblivion, the old coal shed became - since 1984 - a house of convivial wine culture.
For more information about the restaurant Zum Alten Weinkeller, please call 02921-52665 or visit www.zumaltenweinkeller-badsassendorf.de.