▁for ▁centuries , ▁from ▁the ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁It ▁had ▁a ▁considerable ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁S ül ze ▁and ▁other ▁he ath ▁villages ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁sal ine ▁is ▁first ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁records ▁in ▁ 1 3 8 1 ▁and , ▁from ▁that ▁time ▁on , ▁salt ▁was ▁extracted ▁from ▁br ine ▁in ▁S ül ze . ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁S ül ze ' s ▁salt ▁spring ▁was ▁strongly ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁the ▁du kes ▁of ▁the ▁Princi p ality ▁of ▁Lü ne burg ▁who ▁wanted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁counter bal ance ▁to ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Lü ne burg , ▁which ▁had ▁largely ▁succeeded ▁in ▁maintain ing ▁its ▁independence ▁from ▁territorial ▁l ords ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁salt ▁trade . ▁This ▁intent ▁was ▁never ▁real ised , ▁however , ▁because ▁a ▁glance ▁at ▁the ▁quantities ▁of ▁salt ▁produced ▁demonstr ates ▁the ▁over wh el ming ▁supre m acy ▁of ▁the ▁Lü ne burg ▁Salt works . ▁Wh ilst ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0   t ▁of ▁salt ▁was ▁extracted ▁ann ually ▁in ▁Lü ne burg , ▁S ül ze ▁generated ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 , 0 0 0   t . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁salt ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁br ine ▁in ▁Lü ne burg ▁was ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 5 % ▁whereas ▁in ▁S ül ze ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁mere ▁ 5 % ▁and ▁thus