Seltz
Seltz (English: Selz ) is a municipality with 3250 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in Alsace region of France. It belongs to the district of Wissembourg and is the capital ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of the same name.
Geography
The location is by the river Sauer near the Rhine. About 10 km east of Seltz, on the right side of the Rhine, is the German city of Rastatt. After Baden -Baden you drive 28 km, 41 km to Karlsruhe and Strasbourg in the south 51 km.
History
The place Seltz has a long history, which is mainly due to the fact that the Rhine was at this point easy to cross over since time immemorial.
The Celts called it Saliso, the Romans, who built a military camp on the Roman Rhine valley road near, Saletio. Numerous remains of these early times were uncovered around the year 1900.
Under the Merovingians the place was called Salosia, under the Carolingians, in whose time there was a castle, Saltz. In the year 968 gave Otto I, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, the town and the neighboring villages of his wife, the Empress Adelheid, who there founded a Benedictine abbey, where she died in 999. Her grave became a place of pilgrimage; Procured in 1085 the Bishop of Strasbourg her canonization. Under the Hohenstaufen Seltz received city rights in 1357 Emperor Charles IV raised it to the imperial city.
1798, inter alia, the boundaries between France and Baden were established at the Congress of Rastatt. On January 9, 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte summoned personally Seltz in the Canton Assembly a. The original document of this ceremony, adorned with the seal of Bonaparte, is preserved in the city archives.
Like the rest of Alsace belonged Seltz 1871 to 1918 to the then German Reich and fell after the end of World War I returned to France. During World War II the city was temporarily evacuated. The 1940 made renewed annexation of Alsace to Germany prepared the room Seltz Allied troops in March 1945 to an end.
Demographics
Economy and infrastructure
Besides some minor industries are found in Seltz some craft shops and shopping by two supermarkets and smaller stores.
At the west end of the village a new industrial park was established under the name Parc Rhénan (Rhine park). On a total area of about 42 770 m² to craft and service companies to settle.
Take the regional train line R82 Seltz is connected to Wörth am Rhein and Strasbourg.
The free usable and driven by the current greed cable ferry Rheinfähre Plittersdorf - Seltz Seltz connects with the neighboring German municipality Plittersdorf on the other side of the Rhine. After a ship collision in 2005, she was out of operation for five years. In September 2010, she was readmitted with a newly built ship. Operator is the department of Bas- Rhin.
Numerous restaurants invite you to visit Seltz; a hotel can be reached directly from the A35 at the western entrance. The beautiful scenery in the Rhine valley and numerous bike paths offer relaxation. A bicycle rental can be found about one kilometer from the ferry boat. In addition, located on the banks of the Rhine, a camping area with a large sandy beach, which is available throughout the year. Another camping facility is located next to the stork sanctuary with a small lake.
Partnership
- Obervellach Carinthia, Austria