Salino Blog: Salt Air, Graduation Towers and the Mini Saline

Graduation tower with a wooden lookout tower in a park

What is a graduation tower? Structure, function and history explained simply

A graduation tower spreads brine over a large blackthorn wall so that water can evaporate and the brine becomes more concentrated. This article explains its structure, function and history simply...

Long blackthorn graduation tower wall with a footpath and verge under a blue sky

Graduation towers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: salt history between coast and inland

Bad Sülze and Trinwillershagen show two sides of the salt tradition in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: a historic graduation tower at a museum and a modern salt tower.

Inside view of a graduation tower with diagonal wooden beams, a walkway and a brine basin

Graduation towers in Saxony: salt air between spa town and history

Three well-known graduation tower sites in Saxony at a glance: Körse-Therme, Krauschwitz and Oelsnitz. With the latest information on visiting and opening.

Covered wooden walkway inside a graduation tower, running along the blackthorn wall

The special graduation towers of Thuringia: a portrait of Bad Salzungen and Bad Sulza

Bad Salzungen and Bad Sulza show two very different chapters of Thuringia’s salt history, from medieval salt production to a graduation tower on the Saale-Unstrut Wine Route.

Round graduation tower in several sections with a curved roof on a square in a spa park

The most impressive graduation towers in North Rhine-Westphalia – and why you can bring salt air home too

From the historic towers in Bad Salzuflen to the graduation tower in the middle of Essen’s Grugapark: five impressive places in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the principle behind them that you...

Side close-up of a graduation tower wall with wooden cladding and a water channel in the evening sun

The 5 most beautiful graduation towers in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland – salt air between spa town and everyday life

Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland are home to one of the densest concentrations of historic graduation towers in Germany. Five places, from the Salinental to the Moorish-style Saarland Therme.

Close-up of a blackthorn wall with brine trickling down in fine droplets

The 7 most beautiful graduation towers in Hesse – salt air between spa town and everyday life

From the large tower in Bad Orb to the graduation pavilion in the Vogelsberg: seven places around Hesse’s spa towns where you can experience salt history.

Wooden structure of a graduation tower seen from inside, with blackthorn brushwood

The most impressive graduation towers in Berlin-Brandenburg

Unlike Lower Saxony, there’s no large historic open-air graduation tower around Berlin. But three smaller towers in thermal baths and hotels show where you can experience salt air in the...

Graduation towers and salt towns around Hamburg: salt air between city and nature

From the large graduation towers in Bad Rothenfelde to the round SoleArena in Bad Essen: seven places between city and nature where you can experience salt history around Hamburg.

Modern wooden promenade with benches next to a graduation tower wall

The 3 most beautiful graduation towers in Saxony-Anhalt – salt air between past and present

Bad Dürrenberg, Bad Kösen and Bad Salzelmen have three of the most important graduation towers in Germany. All three date from the 18th century and were built to produce salt....