Selb

Selb
Selb
	Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
	Coat of arms
	Location of Selb within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
	Selb Selb
	Coordinates: 50°10′N 12°8′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Government
• Lord mayor	Ulrich Pötzsch (Aktive Bürger)
Area
• Total	62.37 km2 (24.08 sq mi)
Elevation	562 m (1,844 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	14,895
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	95100
Dialling codes	09287
Vehicle registration	WUN, MAK, REH, SEL
Website	www.selb.de

Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, 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 (company) factory, founded in 1879 by Philipp Rosenthal as a family business. The town served in the 1960s as the location for an unrealized town development plan prepared by Walter Gropius shortly before his death.[2]

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), Germann 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

"Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.
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. Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

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[1] "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.

[2] 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. Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)