SCHÉLESTADT, or SCHLESTADT, a fortified town of France, capital of an arrondissement, in the department of Bas-Rhin, on the left bank of the Ill, 26 miles S.W. of Strasburg. It has narrow, crooked, but clean streets, lined with irregular houses; and contains several fine churches and other buildings. The church of St George is a Gothic edifice of the fourteenth century; and St Foy is much more ancient, and is a copy of that of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. Near the latter is a large convent, now used for barracks. The chief other building is the court-house, once a Jesuit college. The fortifications are regular, the work of Vauban; and the place is entered by three gates. Flour, beer, vinegar, starch, leather, linen, and earthenware, are the chief manufactures of Schélestadt. There is some trade in these and other articles. Martin Bucer the reformer was born here. Pop. (1856) 9086.