A part-time school was established in the village in 1865, and regular schooling was started in 1872, when a school was also built.[3] During the Second World War, the Partisans burned the school and rectory in Sela pri Šumberku on Christmas Day, 1943.[3][4]
Šumberk Castle
Šumberk Castle ruins
Saint Catherine's Church
The ruins of Šumberk Castle (German: Schönberg),[5] a 12th-century castle that was abandoned in the early 18th century, stand on a hill southeast of the settlement. The castle chapel survives as a church dedicated to Saint Catherine.[6]
^Kos, Dušan. 1994. Med gradom in mestom: odnos kranjskega, slovenještajerskega in koroškega plemstva do gradov in meščanskih naselij do začetka 15. stoletja. Ljubljana: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, p. 41.