Silberbach (Selb)
Silberbach
Large district town of Selb
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 52 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 56 ″ E
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Incorporation : | January 1, 1978 |
Postal code : | 95100 |
Area code : | 09287 |
Silberbach is a district of the town of Selb in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel .
Silberbach lies on the state road St 2178 , which connects Selb with Hohenberg an der Eger . The village is located in the Selber Forest west of the Hengstberg .
The place was founded around 1550 under the margrave Albrecht Alcibiades due to mining activities on the Silberbach . However, the deposits were not very productive.
Silberbach formed until the end of 1977 a. a. with the neighboring town of Wellerthal a separate municipality. In the village is the stone group Kimme and Korn. An architectural monument is an iron smelting furnace in the Egerrangen forest department.
literature
- Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 630 f .
- Reinhard Höllerich : Former district of Rehau and formerly district-free city of Selb . Historical book of place names of Bavaria , Volume 3, Munich 1977. P. 79f.
- Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. p. 418.