The unique salt mining complex dates from the 17th century, although the salt mining itself began here in the 16th century - in 1571, as the first salt mine in Slovakia, rock salt mining began. Later, however, the salt was again cooked from brine. This technology has been constantly improving and refining.
The set of monuments includes the Leopold shaft, brine reservoirs, a smelter, a brewery, a salt warehouse, a blacksmith's workshop and a flapper. Mining took place in the Leopold "pit", also called Cisárska, which reaches a depth of up to 155 meters. After almost a century of mining, a gaple building was built above it, which transported the extracted salt to the surface.
After the flooding of the pit, salt began to be obtained from the brine, which was pumped in leather moss with the help of horses. The local bath was one of the largest in Central Europe. Wooden tanks for extracted brine were built in 1815 and allowed to store up to 10,560 hectoliters of rare raw material. The tanks stood on stone pedestals, were roofed and the brine was transported to them by wooden pipes from the sludge tank. From these tanks, the brine traveled to the preheating and then to the evaporation tank, then to the drip chambers and the dryer. From there, the crystalline salt was transported by rail to the warehouse and for shipment.
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