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.

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Selb
Town
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
Coat of arms
Location of Selb within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
Location of Selb
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Coordinates: 50°10′N 12°8′E / 50.167°N 12.133°E / 50.167; 12.133
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Wunsiedel 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
• Density	171.3/km2 (443.6/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
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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]

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

• Manfred Ahne (born 1961), German ice hockey 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 ice hockey 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

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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