Selbach

For other uses, see Selbach (disambiguation).

Selbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Selbach within Altenkirchen district
Selbach Show map of Germany Selbach Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°44′41″N 7°46′5″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc.	Wissen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Matthias Grohs[1]
Area
• Total	3.66 km^2 (1.41 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	786
• Density	210/km^2 (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.de

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

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.