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Location within Alsace region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
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| • 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) | |
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Seltz (German: Selz) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine 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
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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.
Landmarks
Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz was last built in 1954-6.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities
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Seltz is twinned with:
Obervellach, Austria
Santa Adélia, Brazil
See also
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