Attractions of Solotvyno

A salt lake of anthropogenic origin, an analogue of the Dead Sea in terms of water mineralization.

It was created in Solotvyno in 1902 on the site of a salt mine that was begging. Named after the Hungarian queen Kunigunda, the wife of the Kyiv prince Yaropolk, who, according to legend, stopped here on the way to Kyiv.

Today it is surrounded by many similar lakes. The salinity of the water in them reaches 32-35%, which causes a feeling of weightlessness when diving. The chemical composition is characterized by an increased concentration of bromine ions. During the year, the water temperature does not fall below 17°С, in summer it is kept at the level of 25-27°С. The shore and bottom of the lake are covered with a layer of black healing mud.

The lake is a resort, mud treatment and treatment with salt solution (rapa) are widely used. Muds have a positive effect in the treatment of the cardiovascular system, final phenomena of phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, bone disease, nervous system, urological diseases, psoriasis and pulmonary system.

The Museum of the Salt Mines History in the urban-type village of Solotvyno tells about the origin and development of salt industries in Transcarpathia, methods of salt extraction in the territory of the region in different historical eras.

Since 1974, the museum has been located near the Solotvyno Salt Mine, which is one of the largest in Europe (salt reserves here amount to 300 million tons, the thickness of the layer of industrial development is 300 meters). However, due to the emergency condition of the building in connection with the karst processes on the territory of the salt mine, the Historical Museum of Salt Mines has temporarily stopped working.

In 2021, the Solotvyno Village Council allocated a new exhibition space to the museum. Here are presented tools of salt miners, various lanterns and lamps, clothes and personal belongings of miners, various engineering structures, documents, maps and photographs.