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Selb

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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.

Key facts

German place.area
86.07
German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_photo
St. Andreas Selb 01.jpg
German place.image_caption
Martin Luther Square with the Church of Saint Andrew
German place.image_coa
DEU Selb COA.svg
German place.image_plan
Selb in WUN.svg
German place.state
Bayern
German place.region
Oberfranken
German place.district
Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
German place.elevation
562
German place.postal_code
95100
German place.area_code
09287
German place.licence
WUN, MAK, REH, SEL
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 4 79 152
German place.website
www.selb.de
German place.mayor
Ulrich Pötzsch
German place.leader_term
2020–26
German place.Bürgermeistertitel
Oberbürgermeister

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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.

thumb|200x200px|Rosenthal (company)|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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Selb” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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