Selz Abbey

The monastery Selz was founded 991, St. Peter and Paul consecrated Empire Benedictine monastery that was converted in 1481 to a collegiate.

The Alsatian Peter Kloster Selz, located north of Strasbourg, founded by the Empress Adelheid, the grandmother of Emperor Otto III .. The 991 donated community of Benedictine monks was followed shortly after with king protection and immunity in free Abbot and Vogt choice gifted ( 991/992 ). The monastery was 997 to grave lay founder of the convent, and stood to the late 11th century in close relations with the German kings and emperors. The Salian - Zähringen balance of 1097/1098 made ​​the monastery, a place of public expressions of peace; then came the Selzer monastery bailiwick to the Margrave of Baden. The 11th century saw also Selz in the monastery Association of Burgundy Cluny integrated, from the 12th century relations with the papacy played an important role. 1307 postponed due to flooding near the city Selz, the monastic community maintained between the southwestern German territories, until it was in 1481 converted into a collegiate. 1500 the monastery was converted to the provost.

Last Abbot and first provost was Walther von Gemmingen, who died in September 1501.