# Großer Salzstadel

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The Großer Salzstadel stands in Memmingen’s old town, within the historic area called the Kalcher Vorstadt.

The building dates from 1470 to 1474.

Its length exceeds one hundred metres, giving the historic salt-trade building a substantial presence in the city.

The building centralised salt transactions along Memmingen’s route from Munich to Switzerland.

Before construction, Memmingen’s salt trade took place at several locations across the city.

The Salzstadel gathered that commerce under one roof.

The first floor provided meeting and rehearsal rooms for Memmingen societies and musical groups.

These groups included the Society of the Pfannenstiel, the Memminger Meistersinger, and Collegium musicum.

During a bombing raid in 1944, damage struck the southern section, while central and northern sections remained intact.

The southern section was reconstructed in 1945.

The protected historical monument houses a gym, retail shops, a gaming hall, and a restaurant.

These uses occupy a building with a long civic history.

The Großer Salzstadel connects Memmingen’s salt trade, social organisations, wartime reconstruction, and commercial life within its architecture.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_GroerSalzstadel_67978d8532e204579be5cf56_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SalzstadeluStraße.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_GroerSalzstadel_67978d8532e204579be5cf56_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SalzstraßeMM\(alt\).JPG)

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