Selb

Selb
Town
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
Coat of arms of Selb
Coat of arms
Location of Selb within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
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Selb is located in Germany
Selb
Selb
Selb is located in Bavaria
Selb
Selb
Coordinates: 50°10′N 12°8′E / 50.167°N 12.133°E / 50.167; 12.133
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionOberfranken
DistrictWunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Government
 • Lord mayor (2020–26) Ulrich Pötzsch[1]
Area
 • Total
86.07 km2 (33.23 sq mi)
Elevation
562 m (1,844 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
14,743
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
95100
Dialling codes09287
Vehicle registrationWUN, MAK, REH, SEL
Websitewww.selb.de

Selb (German pronunciation: [zɛlp] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtel Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof.

Rosenthal company logo

Selb is well known for its porcelain manufacture, and is the home of the Rosenthal factory, founded in 1879 by Philipp Rosenthal as a family business. In the 1960s the town was the location for an unrealized town development plan prepared by Walter Gropius shortly before his death.[3] It includes Spielberg village, which is regarded as Selb town part.

The "Selber Wiesenfest", a traditional fair with thousands of visitors per day, always takes place on the "Goldberg" on the second weekend of July.

Villages

Notable people

  • Manfred Ahne (born 1961), German icehockey player
  • Sebastian Bösel (born 1994), German football player
  • Siegfried Hausner (1952-1975), a member of the Red Army Faction, was born and raised in Selb
  • Florian Ondruschka (born 1987), German icehockey player
  • Richard Rogler (1949-2024), German satirist, Kabarett artist and professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin
  • Philipp Rosenthal (1855-1937) founder of Rosenthal enterprise
  • Philip Rosenthal (industrialist) (1916-2001) son of above, reclaimed factory from Nazis, became leading SPD politician
  • Peter Schiller (1957-2020), German ice hockey player
  • The ski mountaineer and mountain biker Andreas Strobel was born 1972 in Selb
Main sports venue in Selb. Home of the Selber Woelfe Oberliga Eishockey team.

References

  1. ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
  3. ^ Town plan for the development of Selb. Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969., Leibbrand, Kurt, 1914-1985., Architects Collaborative, Inc., Verkehrs- und Industrieplanung, G.m.b.H. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 1970 [1969]]. ISBN 0-262-07029-4. OCLC 102813.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Stadt Selb - Ortsteile". www.selb.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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