Selters (Taunus)

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Selters
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Limburg-Weilburg
Mayor	Dr. Norbert Zabel
Basic statistics
Area	40.47 km² (15.6 sq mi)
Elevation	199 m  (653 ft)
Population	8,215  (31/12/2006)
- Density	203 /km² (526 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LM
Postal code	65618
Area codes	06483, 06475 (Haintchen)
Website	www.selters-taunus.de
Location of Selters within Limburg-Weilburg district
Coordinates: 50°21′00″N 08°16′00″E / 50.35, 8.266667

Selters is a municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. The springs of the famous Selters or Seltzer water, employed as specific in cases of catarrh of the respiratory organs, the stomach and bladder, are located in Niederselters, the main village of the municipality.

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.