Selestat

The landscape around Selestat is a flat Rhine plain edged by the Vosges Mountains, which has shaped both the town’s compact urban form and its long role in regional trade. Set in Alsace between Strasbourg and Colmar, Selestat developed around the Ill River and preserves a substantial medieval core. The Gothic Church of Saint-Georges dominates the centre, while the Humanist Library holds the collection of local scholar Beatus Rhenanus, inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Selestat is also associated with one of the earliest written mentions of a decorated Christmas tree, recorded in 1521. Continue with other webcams from Alsace to see how this part of Grand Est connects with the Rhine corridor.

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