Discover Selters

Selters can be discovered from several perspectives: salt meadows and salt-bearing springs link nature with local history, while the Vulkanradweg cycle path and the Protestant parish church offer other points of interest. When looking for a hotel in Selters, this selection can help you decide what to focus on during your stay—landscape, cycling, or architectural and cultural history.

Natural landscape and salt history

Information boards along the salt meadow circular trail explain the importance of agriculture and nature conservation, as well as inland salt meadows. Three themed circular trails also provide access to the floodplain and salt meadows in the Middle Nidder Valley near Effolderbach and Selters. The boards cover specific topics, while the trails take you through the landscape: explanatory information and paths through the floodplains and salt meadows complement each other.

The FFH site 5620-301, “Salt Meadows and Weinberg of Selters,” lies along the Nidder between Konradsdorf, Selters, and Wippenbach. Local history also touches on salt: Selters is associated with salt-bearing springs and a history of extracting salt from brine. The connection to salt therefore ranges from the name of the FFH site to the historic use of brine.

Cycling in Selters

The Vulkanradweg cycle path runs through Selters, a district of Ortenberg. It offers a specific point of interest for cycling travelers, alongside the themed circular trails that take you through floodplains and salt meadows. The routes offer different experiences: the Vulkanradweg passes through the district, while the three themed circular trails explore the landscape in the Middle Nidder Valley near Effolderbach and Selters.

Protestant parish church and lapidarium

The Protestant parish church in Selters is a medieval hall church with a three-sided apse and a fortified west tower topped by an octagonal spire. “Hall church” describes the type of interior, while “three-sided apse” describes the shape of the east end. The west tower adds a striking feature to these elements of church architecture.

The church’s north wall features a lapidarium containing elaborately decorated, partly well-preserved 18th-century gravestones. Alongside the church building, visitors can also explore stone funerary art and its decorative details. The church is a cultural monument for historical, artistic, and scientific reasons. Those interested in historic architecture will find both a distinctive building and a designated place for 18th-century gravestones.

More to explore in the wider destination of Ortenberg

In the wider destination of Ortenberg, the Lißberg Musical Instrument Museum offers a distinct cultural attraction. It displays more than 2,000 original instruments and replicas and has the world’s largest collection of hurdy-gurdies and bagpipes. Visitors can try out instruments at a music table; cassettes or CDs add an auditory dimension to the experience. This focus on instruments and sounds differs from Selters’ nature and architecture themes.

The Kalter Markt in Ortenberg also offers a special reason to plan a trip. It includes a centuries-old horse and foal market as well as a large general market with more than 400 stalls. The market is always held in late October; check the specific program for the year before your trip. This makes it possible to distinguish Selters’ year-round nature and cultural attractions from a time-specific event in the wider destination of Ortenberg.

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