Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany .
25-733: Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach river, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limestone valley. The town is therefore also called the 'Felsenstädtchen' (rocky/cliffy small town). Haigerloch's neighbouring municipalities are specified below in clockwise order from the north, and belong to the Zollernalbkreis unless indicated. Starzach ¹, Rangendingen , Grosselfingen , Balingen , Geislingen , Rosenfeld , Sulz am Neckar ², Empfingen ³ and Horb am Neckar ³. ¹ Landkreis Tübingen, ² Landkreis Rottweil, ³ Landkreis Freudenstadt Haigerloch consists of
50-431: A lower freezing point than pure water, putting salt or saltwater on ice that is below 0 °C (32 °F) will cause it to melt—this effect is called freezing-point depression . It is common for homeowners in cold climates to spread salt on their sidewalks and driveways after a snow storm to melt the ice. It is not necessary to use so much salt that the ice is completely melted; rather, a small amount of salt will weaken
75-456: A wide variety of different rock salts for different dishes. Pure salt is avoided as particular colors of salt indicates the presence of different impurities. Many recipes call for particular kinds of rock salt, and imported pure salt often has impurities added to adapt to local tastes. Historically , salt was used as a form of currency in barter systems and was exclusively controlled by authorities and their appointees. In some ancient civilizations
100-555: Is a massive deposit of halite near Islamabad , Pakistan Dasol , Pangasinan . Salt domes are vertical diapirs or pipe-like masses of salt that have been essentially "squeezed up" from underlying salt beds by mobilization due to the weight of the overlying rock. Salt domes contain anhydrite , gypsum , and native sulfur , in addition to halite and sylvite . They are common along the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana and are often associated with petroleum deposits. Germany , Spain ,
125-595: Is a river of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It flows for 50 kilometres. It is a right tributary of the Neckar . It passes through Balingen and Haigerloch , and flows into the Neckar near Starzach . The Eyach has its source north of Pfeffingen (a district of Albstadt ) at an altitude of 833 metres, only a few hundred metres from the European watershed and a tributary of the Danube ,
150-439: Is a type of salt , the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride ( Na Cl ). Halite forms isometric crystals . The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow or gray depending on inclusion of other materials, impurities , and structural or isotopic abnormalities in the crystals. It commonly occurs with other evaporite deposit minerals such as several of
175-602: Is occasionally used in agriculture. An example of this would be inducing salt stress to suppress the growth of annual meadow grass in turf production. Other examples involve exposing weeds to salt water to dehydrate and kill them preventing them from affecting other plants. Salt is also used as a household cleaning product. Its coarse nature allows for its use in various cleaning scenarios including grease/oil removal, stain removal, dries out and hardens sticky spills for an easier clean. Some cultures, especially in Africa and Brazil, prefer
200-425: Is used extensively in cooking as a flavor enhancer, and to cure a wide variety of foods such as bacon and fish . It is frequently used in food preservation methods across various cultures. Larger pieces can be ground in a salt mill or dusted over food from a shaker as finishing salt. Halite is also often used both residentially and municipally for managing ice. Because brine (a solution of water and salt) has
225-512: The Haigerloch research reactor , which was constructed in a beer cellar beneath the palace church. Through courageous negotiations by the pastor to rescue the reactor facility it was spared from demolition by an American command on April 24, 1945, and today is the site of the Atomkeller-Museum [ de ] with a replica of the reactor. In the local council election of 13 June 2004,
250-521: The Netherlands , Denmark , Romania and Iran also have salt domes. Salt glaciers exist in arid Iran where the salt has broken through the surface at high elevation and flows downhill. In these cases, halite is said to be behaving like a rheid . Unusual, purple, fibrous vein-filling halite is found in France and a few other localities. Halite crystals termed hopper crystals appear to be "skeletons" of
275-525: The Schmiecha , which has its source there. At Eyach at a height of 372 m from the right it flows into the Neckar. Its mean discharge at the mouth is 3.23 m³/s. From source to meadow On its almost 50 km long way to the northwest the Eyach crosses or passes through the following communities: At Eyach or the train station Eyach, two kilometers west of the village Börstingen (a district of Starzach),
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#1732880726115300-534: The sulfates , halides , and borates . The name halite is derived from the Ancient Greek word for "salt", ἅλς ( háls ). Halite dominantly occurs within sedimentary rocks where it has formed from the evaporation of seawater or salty lake water. Vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals, including halite, can result from the drying up of enclosed lakes and restricted seas. Such salt beds may be hundreds of meters thick and underlie broad areas. Halite occurs at
325-494: The Eyach flows into the Neckar. In Bad Imnau carbon dioxide was found in an underground inlet to the river. Today this water is sold under the name Apollo in bottles. This article related to a river in Baden-Württemberg is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rock salt Halite ( / ˈ h æ l aɪ t , ˈ h eɪ l aɪ t / HAL -yte, HAY -lyte ), commonly known as rock salt ,
350-728: The Quincy native copper mine of Hancock, Michigan . The world's largest underground salt mine is the Sifto Salt Mine. It produces over 7 million tons of rock salt per year using the room and pillar mining method. It is located half a kilometre under Lake Huron in Ontario , Canada. In the United Kingdom there are three mines; the largest of these is at Winsford in Cheshire , producing, on average, one million tonnes of salt per year. Salt
375-517: The area around Haigerloch was an independent territory within the area of the Holy Roman Empire as Hohenzollern-Haigerloch . In this period, the present castle complex was built on the Schlossberg as the residence of the counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, replacing the former high-medieval structure. In 1634 rule of the city descended to the line of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , whose residence city
400-502: The area around the Upper Town. By 1200 the Counts of Hohenberg appeared as the local lords and built a new castle on the Schlossberg. The lower town evolved into a market town. Rudolf I , a brother-in-law of Albert II Von Hohenberg-Haigerloch , awarded the town charter to Haigerloch before 1231. In 1268 a battle was fought just outside the city between Zollern and Hohenberg. In 1291 the city
425-554: The following nine districts: It is located 397 m above mean sea level and has 572 inhabitants (31 December 2011). Bad Imnau was incorporated on 1 August 1973 town Haigerloch. The city came in 1381 with the reign Haigerloch to the Habsburgs, the fief passed it in the 15th century to the lords of Weitingen. In 1516 Imnau was sold to the Count of Zollern. Imnau had inhabitants: In 1700, the physician Samuel Caspar discovered small pots source in
450-435: The ice so that it can be easily removed by other means. Also, many cities will spread a mixture of sand and salt on roads during and after a snowstorm to improve traction. Using salt brine is more effective than spreading dry salt because moisture is necessary for the freezing-point depression to work and wet salt sticks to the roads better. Otherwise the salt can be wiped away by traffic. In addition to de-icing, rock salt
475-504: The practice of salting the earth was done to make conquered land of an enemy infertile and inhospitable as an act of domination or spite. One biblical reference to this practice is in Judges 9:45 : "he killed the people in it, pulled the wall down and sowed the site with salt." Polyhalite , a mineral fertilizer, is not an NaCl-polymer, but hydrated K 2 Ca 2 Mg- sulfate . Shotgun shells containing rock salt (instead of metal pellets) are
500-738: The result was: Haigerloch lies on the Ferienstraße (holiday road) and on the Hohenzollernstraße. The L410 connects the city with Rangendingen to the east. The L360 forms the feeder, along with the federal highway B463, to the A81 motorway. One of the few rock salt mines still active in Germany is in the Stetten quarter. Salt has been extracted here since 1854. [REDACTED] Media related to Haigerloch at Wikimedia Commons Eyach (Neckar) Eyach
525-759: The surface today in playas in regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation such as in the salt flats of Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park . In the United States , Philippines , and Canada extensive underground beds extend from the Appalachian Basin of western New York through parts of Ontario and under much of the Michigan Basin . Other deposits are in Ohio , Kansas , New Mexico , Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan . The Khewra salt mine
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#1732880726115550-554: The typical cubes, with the edges present and stairstep depressions on, or rather in, each crystal face. In a rapidly crystallizing environment, the edges of the cubes simply grow faster than the centers. Halite crystals form very quickly in some rapidly evaporating lakes resulting in modern artifacts with a coating or encrustation of halite crystals. Halite flowers are rare stalactites of curling fibers of halite that are found in certain arid caves of Australia 's Nullarbor Plain . Halite stalactites and encrustations are also reported in
575-456: The valley of the Eyach. 1733 Prince source was exposed, which is named after Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern. In 1905, the Apollo-source was taken in by the family Imnau Pope, which was sold to Commerce Carl Haegele in the following year. The first documented mention of Haigerloch was in the year 1095 on the occasion of the gift of the local castle. This castle was probably located in
600-552: Was besieged by Count Eberhard I of Württemberg ; in 1347 the town was besieged again. From 1356 onward the upper town and lower town were administratively separated but were reunited when the lordship of Haigerloch was sold to Austria in 1381. The Habsburgs pawned the property on several occasions, including to the Counts of Württemberg. In 1487 rule of the city fell to the Hohenzollern . In 1567 under Christoph von Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
625-515: Was the city of Haigerloch between 1737 and 1769. In the last months of World War II , Haigerloch was the location of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics, part of the German nuclear programme , which had the goal of achieving practical use of nuclear fission . According to contemporary views, the atomic bomb was not a direct objective of this work, but initially only the construction of
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