Selbach
Appearance
Selbach | |
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Location of Selbach within Altenkirchen district | |
Coordinates: 50°44′41″N 7°46′5″E / 50.74472°N 7.76806°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Altenkirchen |
Municipal assoc. | Wissen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Matthias Grohs[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 786 |
• Density | 210/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 57537 |
Dialling codes | 02742 |
Vehicle registration | AK |
Website | selbach-sieg |
Selbach is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.
The place gave its name to Selbach, Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where since the pioneering days the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch language, a Brazilian variety of German largely based on the Rhine Franconian is spoken.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.