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| Sélestat | ||
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| Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine has no parent region. | ||
| Residents | 19.360 (2018) | |
| height | 173 m | |
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Sélestat is a city in the department Bas-Rhin in the French region Alsace.
background
getting there
By plane
The Strasbourg airport is about 46 km northeast, for EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg it is about 80 km to the south.
By train
The 1 Sélestat train station lies on the route between Colmar and Strasbourg.
By bus
In the street
Sélestat is on the toll-free 
Autoroute de Cigognes, this freeway starts at Lauterbourg and goes through Alsace to Basel.
mobility
Map of Sélestat
Tourist Attractions
Churches
Ste-Foy
- 1 Eglise Sainte-Foy (St. Fides). Romanesque church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century.
- 2 St-Georges, Gothic building from the 13th-15th centuries century
- 3 protestant church
building
- 4 town hall
- 1 Bibliothèque humaniste, the humanist library is housed in the former granary. It was founded in the 15th century,
- 5 "Tower of the Clock" (La Tour d'Horloge), the tower has a clock mechanism by Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué, who is also the astronomical clock in the Strasbourg Cathedral created. At the end of the 13th century the tower was one of the four city gates of the second city wall. The paintings on the south facade depict the Calvary with the Virgin Mary and Saint Fides on one side, and St. Christopher on the other. Under the vault you can see images and coats of arms of guilds.
- 6 Strasbourg Gate (Porte de Strasbourg)
- 7 Hôtel d'Ebersmunster, former prelate court
Castles and Palaces
Haut-Koenigsbourg
- 8 Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, approx. 10 km away, near Orschwiller. The castle was built in the 12th century. The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years War, it was rebuilt in 1901-1908.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.ville-selestat.fr - Sélestat official website
