 Selchenbach was itself the seat of a mayoralty from 1834 to 1848.In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) became quite popular in Selchenbach.In the 1928 Reichstag elections, 0.7% of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler’s party, but by the 1930 Reichstag elections, this had grown to 24.4%.