[Python] Selenium selecting element by value not possible

i try to select an element using selenium with the following code:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select

print(f"Checking Browser driver...")
options = Options()
# options.add_argument('--headless=new')
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_argument('--log-level=3')
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications": 1})
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('excludeSwitches', ['enable-logging'])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
options.add_argument('--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
srv=Service()
driver = webdriver.Chrome (service=srv, options=options)
waitWD = WebDriverWait (driver, 10)

startLlink = "https://www.firmenabc.at/bauen-wohnen-einrichten"
driver.get (startLlink)
select = Select(driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'(//select[@class="py-4"])[1]'))
select.select_by_value('1')


But i allways get this error:

(selenium) C:\DEVNEU\Fiverr2025\PROGRAMS\FirmenABC>python test.py
Checking Browser driver...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\DEVNEU\Fiverr2025\PROGRAMS\FirmenABC\test.py", line 25, in <module>
select.select_by_value('1')
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "C:\DEVNEU\.venv\selenium\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\select.py", line 84, in select_by_value
raise NoSuchElementException(f"Cannot locate option with value: {value}")
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Cannot locate option with value: 1; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors#no-such-element-exception


As you can see this should be the first element with value = "1"



How can i select the first opiton using selenium?

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