Seltz
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
| Community association | Plaine du Rhin | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ' N , 8 ° 6' E | |
| height | 107-165 m | |
| surface | 21.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,235 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 154 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67470 | |
| INSEE code | 67463 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-seltz.fr/ | |
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Seltz (German Selz ) is a French commune with 3235 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg and the Canton of Wissembourg .
geography
The place is on the Sauer, not far from where it flows into the Rhine . About ten kilometers east of Seltz, on the right side of the Rhine, lies the German city of Rastatt . After Baden-Baden you drive 28 km, according Karlsruhe 41 km and after Strasbourg km south 51st
history
The place Seltz has a long history, which is mainly due to the fact that the Rhine has been easy to cross at this point since time immemorial.
The Celts called the place Saliso , the Romans , who set up a military camp nearby on the Roman Rhine Valley Road , Saletio . Numerous remains of these early times were uncovered around 1900. Parts of these remains can be seen in the educational trail of the Seltzer barrows .
Under the Merovingians the place was called Salosia , under the Carolingians , during whose time there was a castle, Saltz . In 968 Otto I , founder of the Holy Roman Empire , gave the place and the neighboring villages to his wife, Empress Adelheid , who founded a Benedictine abbey there, where she died in 999. Her grave became a place of pilgrimage ; In 1085 the Bishop of Strasbourg obtained her canonization . Seltz received city rights under the Hohenstaufen dynasty , and in 1357 Emperor Charles IV made it an imperial city .
In 1798, among other things, the borders between France and Baden were established at the Rastatt Congress . On January 9, 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte personally convened the cantonal assembly in Seltz . The original document of this ceremony, adorned with the seal of Bonaparte, is kept in the city archives.
Like the rest of Alsace, Seltz belonged to what was then the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 and returned to France after the end of the First World War . During the Second World War , the city was temporarily evacuated. The re-annexation of Alsace to Germany in 1940 put an end to allied troops in the Seltz area in March 1945.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2150 | 2387 | 2570 | 2637 | 2584 | 2985 | 3161 | 3235 |
Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to a few smaller industrial companies, Seltz has a number of handicraft businesses and shops through two supermarkets and smaller shops.
At the western end of the municipality, a new industrial area was set up under the name Parc Rhénan ( Rheinpark ). Craftsmen and service companies are to settle on a total area of around 42,770 m².
Seltz is connected to Wörth am Rhein and Strasbourg with the regional train line R82 .
The yaw cable ferry Rheinfähre Plittersdorf - Seltz , which can be used free of charge and is driven by the current, connects Seltz with the neighboring German town of Plittersdorf on the other side of the Rhine. After a ship collision in 2005, she was out of service for five years. In September 2010 she was resumed with a newly built ship. The operator is the Bas-Rhin department.
Numerous restaurants invite you to visit Seltz; a hotel can be reached directly from the A35 motorway at the western entrance to the town. The beautiful landscape in the Rhine valley and numerous bike paths offer relaxation. A bicycle rental can be found about one kilometer from the Rhine ferry. There is also a camping facility with a large sandy beach on the banks of the Rhine, which is available all year round. Another camping facility is located next to the stork breeding station with a small swimming lake.
Community partnerships
- Obervellach Carinthia, Austria
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1248-1251.
