Selb

Selb 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
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
Coat of arms of Selb
Location of Selb within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
Selb   is located in Germany
Selb
Selb
Selb   is located in Bavaria
Selb
Selb
Coordinates: 50°10′N 12°8′E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionOberfranken
DistrictWunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Government
  Lord mayor (202026) Ulrich Pötzsch[1]
Area
  Total62.37 km2 (24.08 sq mi)
Elevation
562 m (1,844 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
  Total14,763
  Density240/km2 (610/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 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.

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 (born 1949), 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. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
  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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