A few minerals are found in the district, but in this department the saltworks of Hall, near Innsbruck, take the first place.
Hesse and Baden, Lorraine and the upper Palatinate have also saltworks.
Other suburbs were situated at the harbour and at the saltworks (salinae).
Rosenheim is frequented for its saline and sulphur baths, and there are important saltworks, the brine being conveyed from Reichenhall in pipes; it has also machine factories, metalworks and breweries.
The principal industries include paper-making, brewing, the making of nets and twine, bricks, tiles and pottery, tanning and oil-refining, besides saltworks and seed-crushing works.
The rise of the mineral saltworks of Cheshire led to its decline in the 18th century, and later the renewed importance of Southampton completed its decay.
There are considerable saltworks at Augusta.