Silberbach (Selb)

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Silberbach
Large district town of Selb
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 52 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 56 ″  E
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.

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