Seltz

Seltz
Seltz

Coordinates: 48°54′N 8°07′E / 48.90°N 8.11°ECoordinates: 48°54′N 8°07′E / 48.90°N 8.11°E
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Wissembourg
Canton Seltz
Intercommunality Seltz Delta de la Sauer
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Hugues Kraemer
Area1 21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,184
 • Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 67463 / 67470
Elevation 107–165 m (351–541 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Not to be confused with Selz.

Seltz (German: Selz) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Alsace region in north-eastern France. 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.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities

Seltz is twinned with:

See also

References

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