Seligenstadt is less than an hour from Frankfurt and it’s one of our favorite little towns. This was our 3rd visit there, this time for the Christmas Market. We really had a fun time, spending about 4 hours wandering through the streets and market areas.
Seligenstadt (blessed city) is a friendly community, with cute local shops and vendors and ladies who baked their own cookies to sell. It was delightful. We enjoyed looking at each shop, watching people making special foods, and seeing lots of people from the town out enjoying the festivities. In addition to the market stalls, the local stores were also festive and open for business. I purchased a Spaetzle maker and some star cookie cutters at a wonderful kitchen store.
The market here runs from the 28th of November until the 15th of December (tomorrow), so we were glad to fit this into our schedule.
We enjoyed hot cups of orange/lemon punch that warmed our innerds.
Look who we bumped into!! The Walls and the Dixons were also here enjoying the market!
Oh my, look what we found–Polish Pottery! Jacque found another piece she had to have!
Fun Christmas stars:
Here is a local glass blower. It was so fun to watch him making ornaments.
Hot homemade potato chips:
As always, my eyes are looking for Stolpersteine wherever we go.
And John is looking for bakeries wherever we go!
An old bakery:
Along this street there are some very very old houses that have been or are being restored. I think it’s fascinating to see the old-time construction and how these buildings were made. More about that in the next post.
For lunch we had crepes, ham, cheese and pineapple.
We found a really fun bookstore. We were looking for some Christmas gifts for friends and found just the right books here.
The ladies at the register taught us a fun way to wrap these gifts:
More Stolpersteine:
After visiting the market, we went to see the Kloster and the beautiful church over by the river.
“Every heart can be a manger where in the Dear One is born.”
Today we got to watch a father and his son and some other church members setting up the Christmas trees here.
What a beautiful Advent Wreath! Each Sunday a new candle is lit during the 4 weeks of Advent leading up to Christmas.
Beautiful!
Setting up the trees:
This depiction of Jesus on the cross always stops me.
After visiting the church and the river behind it, we wandered back through town to our parking place.
We’re taking a loaf of Stollen home with us–my favorite!
Some baked goods for the road!
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 