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.
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.Notable people
- Manfred Ahne, German icehockey player
- Sebastian Bösel, German football player
- Siegfried Hausner, a member of the Red Army Faction, was born and raised in Selb
- Florian Ondruschka, German icehockey player
- Richard Rogler, German satirist, Kabarett artist and professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin
- Philipp Rosenthal founder of Rosenthal enterprise
- Philip Rosenthal son of above, reclaimed factory from Nazis, became leading SPD politician
- Peter Schiller, Germann ice hockey player
- The ski mountaineer and mountain biker Andreas Strobel was born 1972 in Selb
File:Netzsch Arena.jpg|thumb|Main sports venue in Selb. Home of the Oberliga Eishockey team.
