 During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), the village was destroyed; only a few inhabitants survived the war.In 1609, Selchenbach had had as many as 62 inhabitants, but the population after the war only once again reached as high as 30 in 1675.More destruction was wrought in King Louis XIV's wars of conquest, whereafter Selchenbach was described as "verbrannt" (“burnt down”).