…Lübeck, from where it is shipped to…

…Lübeck, from where it is shipped to such destinations around the Baltic Sea as Falsterbo, with its Scania Market, where it is needed for the preservation of fish, which is exported through Lübeck to continental Europe.

The salt trade is a major factor in the power of Lübeck and the Hanseatic League.

The salt is brought by carts from Lüneburg to Lauenburg at the Elbe river, and from here via Mölln to Lübeck.

The Stecknitz Canal, built between 1390 and 1398 as part of the Old Salt Route, is one of the first artificial waterways of Europe, connecting the tiny rivers Stecknitz (tributary of the Trave) and Delvenau (tributary of the Elbe).

Ninety-four kilometers in length, the northern terminus is Lübeck, …