Seltz Explained

Seltz should not be confused with Selz.

Seltz
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Seltz.svg
Arrondissement:Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton:Wissembourg
Insee:67463
Postal Code:67470
Mayor:Jean-Luc Ball[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:48.9°N 8.11°W
Elevation Min M:107
Elevation Max M:165
Area Km2:21

Seltz (in French pronounced as /sɛlts/;) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France.[2] It is located on the Sauer River near its confluence with the Rhine, opposite the German town of Rastatt.

History

See also: Selz Abbey. The former Celtic settlement of Saliso near a crossing of the Rhine river was mentioned as the Roman castrum Saletio in the Notitia Dignitatum about 425. Later a part of the German stem duchy of Swabia, Emperor Otto I granted the area to his wife Adelaide of Burgundy in 968. Saint Adelaide established Selz Abbey in 991 and died here eight years later.

In 1357 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg raised Selz to an Imperial city, after which the town joined the Alsatian Décapole league. It however lost its immediate status in 1414, when it was mediatised by Elector Palatine Louis III of Wittelsbach. Seltz finally was annexed by France in 1680.

Landmarks

Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz was last built in 1954–6.

Ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (Germany). The Rhine ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (in France: Bac Seltz - Plittersdorf or Bac de Seltz) is a yaw cable (reaction) ferry across the Rhine south of Karlsruhe. It connects the French municipality of Seltz in Alsace on the left bank of the Rhine with the German village of Plittersdorf, a part of Rastatt, on the right bank of the Rhine. The operator is the French European Collectivity of Alsace, the use of the ferry is free.[3]

Twin Towns - Sister Cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Seltz is twinned with:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67463-seltz INSEE commune file
  3. Web site: Les bacs rhénans . alsace.eu . 11 March 2022 . fr, de . 2022-11-07.