Selzen
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Location of Selzen within Mainz-Bingen district
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| Coordinates: 49°51′38″N 08°15′19″E / 49.86056°N 8.25528°ECoordinates: 49°51′38″N 08°15′19″E / 49.86056°N 8.25528°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Mainz-Bingen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Selz | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Monja Seidel | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,486 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55278 | |
| Dialling codes | 06737 | |
| Vehicle registration | MZ | |
| Website | www.selzen.de | |
Selzen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Selzen lies between Mainz and Worms in Rhenish Hesse on the Selz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim.
In 782, Selzen had its first documentary mention under the name Salzen in the Lorsch codex. Grave finds from the New Stone Age (2000 BC), from Roman times (AD 100) and from Frankish times in the 6th and 7th century document a historic place.
From the Early Middle Ages until the 16th century, Selzen belonged to the Worms Cathedral Foundation. The Cathedral Court was the Foundation’s tithe court. In the 15th century, the Electorate of the Palatinate acquired the chapel court and ousted the Worms Cathedral Foundation.
This action is reflected in the then court seal (and in the current coat of arms), with the blazon reading in part “the Palatine lion holds in the right paw the robbed Worms key”. In 1792, the Worms Cathedral Foundation’s ecclesiastical landlordship ended, and along with that, so did the tithes payable to Worms. Such joy was brought by this that the elm at Selzen’s southeast corner was felled and the community had a bonfire.
In 1797, Selzen passed with the entire département Mont-Tonnerre to the French First Republic. In 1816, however, French rule ended and it thereafter belonged to the newly formed province of Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen), which in turn belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Since 1945, Selzen has belongs to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). With the administrative reform that came into force in 1972, the municipality became part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Nierstein-Oppenheim.
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