Selzen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Selz
Height :	156 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.66 km 2
Residents:	1535 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	230 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55278
Area code :	06737
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 053
Association administration address:	Sant'Ambrogio-Ring 33 55276 Oppenheim
Website :	www.selzen.de
Mayoress :	Monja Seidel
Location of the local community Selzen in the Mainz-Bingen district

Four-sided courtyard, mid-19th century

Evangelical parish church, baroque hall building, 1740

Selzen is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Selz community , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Oppenheim .

geography

The wine village is in Rheinhessen on the Selz . The center of the state capital Mainz is about 12 kilometers north of Selzen, about 6 kilometers east of the municipality the Rhine flows . Neighboring communities are Mommenheim , Nierstein , Dexheim , Köngernheim , Hahnheim and Zornheim . The Paulinenhof residential area also belongs to Selzen .

history

The first documentary mention of Selzen is in 782 as "Salts" in the Lorsch Codex . Grave finds from the Younger Stone Age - 2000 BC -, from Roman times - 100 AD - and the cemetery of Selzen from the Franconian period of the 6th / 7th centuries. Century document a place steeped in history.

From the early Middle Ages to the 16th century, Selzen was part of the Worms cathedral chapter . The cathedral courtyard was the tenth courtyard of the cathedral monastery. In the 15th century the Electoral Palatinate acquired the "Kapellhube" (chapel courtyard) and ousted the Worms cathedral monastery.

This process is reflected in the court seal (in today's coat of arms) from that time: "The Palatinate lion holds the stolen Worms key in his right paw".

The Lords of Bolanden owned a castle here in the 12th century. From 1294 the Worms cathedral monastery held the bailiwick. After it had to cede one half to the Electoral Palatinate in 1453, the stronger partner took over the entire local rule step by step. Franconian grave finds show that Selzen has grown together from three settlement centers. the church in the east, the Worms Zehnthof in the northwest and the mill in the south, near which a stone footbridge (1617) leads the footpath to Undenheim over the Selz. As early as 1413, the Electoral Palatinate owned three courtyards, including the Kapellenhof, which is still in existence today, where exhibitions and theater performances often take place during the summer months. In 1572 the Romanesque church was demolished except for the tower that still stands today. The new Gothic building was replaced in 1740/1741 by a baroque hall building that houses a valuable Stumm organ from 1791. This organ was financed by a foundation of the local citizen Jacob Waadt, accorded on March 2nd, 1787 and inaugurated on March 6th, 1791. Together with the Stumm organ from Framersheim, the Selzer organ is the largest single-manual instrument from the Sulzbach workshop. After a restoration by Gerhard Schmid in 1973/1974, the instrument was technically revised in an exemplary manner by the Klais workshop in 2015. The Selzer Stumm organ has since received increasing attention and appreciation.

To the east of the thoroughfare, in the side streets, there are several half-timbered buildings. At the end of Ostergasse you can see the remains of piers of the former fortification, the Oppenheimer Pforte.

In 1792 the spiritual manorial rule of the Worms cathedral monastery ended. This meant that the tithe had to be paid to Worms. Out of joy, the elm was felled on the southeast corner of Selzen and a bonfire was held.

In 1797 Selzen fell to France. In 1816 it was reclassified and from then on belonged to the newly formed province of Rheinhessen , which was assigned to the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Selzen has belonged to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946. In the course of an administrative reform in 1972, Selzen was assigned to the Nierstein-Oppenheim association.

According to legend, in the Middle Ages the inhabitants were obliged to silence the frogs in the Selz or in the pond by hitting the water with poles. The manor wanted to sleep undisturbed by croaking. That is why the residents are nicknamed the Selzer frogs.

politics

Town hall in Selzen

Municipal council

The municipal council in Selzen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	LS	WGR	total
2019	5	1	6th	4th	-	16 seats
2014	6th	-	5	5	-	16 seats
2009	6th	-	4th	6th	-	16 seats
2004	6th	-	2	6th	2	16 seats

• FWG = Selzen Free Voting Group
• LS = List Selzen e. V.

mayor

• The previous mayor Monja Seidel (FWG) was confirmed on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 81.1 percent. In 2014 she replaced Anita Wiedemann (SPD) in this office, who no longer ran for election after a 20-year term in office.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In black a growing, red-armored and crowned golden lion, holding a silver key in his right paw."

Justification for the coat of arms: So the COURT SIGEL ZV SELSEN 1537 and a second seal with illegible inscription. The place belonged to the cathedral monastery of Worms and came half to the Electoral Palatinate in 1453, which is excellently represented by the half Palatinate lion with the Worms key. Brilmayer depicts a golden orb (without a cross) in red as a coat of arms; from which source is unknown.

Culture and sights

The menhir of Selzen

Cultural and natural monuments

To the north of the village is the so-called Menhir von Selzen , a stone obelisk of presumably natural origin.

See also

• Selzen cemetery
• List of cultural monuments in Selzen
• List of natural monuments in Selzen
• List of stumbling blocks in Selzen

Regular events

• The cycle path festival takes place in Selzen on Ascension Day or Father's Day .
• In mid-June there is the “Wine Festival in the Kaiserstraße” in Selzen, since 2013 in the Binzel winery, Kirchstraße. Organizer: MGV 1861/81 Frohsinn Selzen.
• On the second weekend in August, the “Angler Festival” takes place in Selzen at the fishing pond, near the road towards Köngernheim
• The Selzer Curb is celebrated in September (the second Sunday is decisive) . This lasts five days from Friday to Tuesday.
• Always on the 4th Advent, the MGV 1861/81 Frohsinn and the music parade organizes “playing and singing under the Christmas tree” in the center of the village.
• Every December, the “Our village, an Advent calendar” campaign runs together with the neighboring community of Hahnheim . Every evening there is a symbolic window opening with a reading of a Christmas story, common singing and drinks .

traffic

• The community is crossed by the country road  425. It is 2 km south to the B 420 . The federal highway 63 can be reached by car in about 10 minutes.
• There are bus connections with the ORN line 660 to Mainz and Alzey and with line 652 to Oppenheim and Mainz via Nieder-Olm.

Personalities

• Johannes Kessel (1839–1907), doctor and university professor
• Klaus Penzer (* 1950), politician (SPD), incumbent mayor of the Rhein-Selz community

Web links

Commons : Selzen  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Selzen
• History of Selzen at regionalgeschichte.net
• Literature about Selzen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 170 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Ludwig Lindenschmit , Wilhelm Lindenschmit : The Germanic death camp near Selzen in the province of Rheinhessen presented and explained. von Zabern Verlag, Mainz 1848 (as a reprint, with a foreword by Kurt Böhner, published in 1969).
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved July 30, 2019 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, individual results. Retrieved July 30, 2019 . 
6. ^ Karl Ernst Demandt and Otto Renkhoff : Hessisches Ortswappenbuch. C. A. Starke Verlag, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1956, p. 144.