Selb

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
Coat of arms
Location of Selb within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
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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 km^2 (24.08 sq mi)
Elevation	562 m (1,844 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	15,128
• Density	240/km^2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	95100
Dialling codes	09287
Vehicle registration	WUN, MAK, REH, SEL
Website	www.selb.de

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.

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

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.