Homburg (; french: Hombourg, pfl, Humborch) is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of 43,029 inhabitants (2022), it is the third largest town in the state. The city offers over 30,000 workplaces. The medical department of the

University of Saarland Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in s ...

is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery. Major employers include

Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch and stylized as BOSCH, is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. Bosch is 9 ...

, Schaeffler Group and

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Geography

Homburg is located in the northern part of the Saarpfalz district, bordering Rhineland-Palatinate. It is 16 km from Neunkirchen and 36 km from

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

. The city districts are situated in the Blies valley or on its tributaries

Erbach Erbach may refer to: Places *Erbach im Odenwald, a town in Hesse, Germany *Erbach an der Donau, a town on the Danube River in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Erbach, Rheingau, a district of Eltville, Hesse, Germany *Erbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, a mun ...

Lambsbach Lambsbach is a river in southwestern Germany. It flows into the Blies near Homburg. See also *List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate *List of rivers of Saarland A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany: B *Bickenalb * Bist * Blies * Bos E * ...

and Schwarzbach. Homburg is composed of Homburg center and nine city districts: Beeden, Bruchhof-Sanddorf, Einöd,

Jägersburg Jägersburg (in Dialect ''Järschborch'' or ''Jächersburch'') is a district of Homburg in the Saar-Palatinate (Saarpfalz) district, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It i ...

, Kirrberg,

Reiskirchen Reiskirchen () is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany and is located 11 km east of Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the distric ...

, Schwarzenbach and Wörschweiler. Einöd includes: Einöd, Ingweiler and Schwarzenacker; Jägersburg includes Jägersburg, Altbreitenfelderhof and Websweiler; Erbach includes Erbach, Lappentascherhof and Johannishof.

Demographics

Actual (as of 1 August 2022):

History

The Hohenburg Castle, nowadays a ruin, was in the 12th Century the seat of the counts of Homburg. In 1330 the village received the town status (''Stadtrecht'') by

Louis the Bavarian Louis IV (german: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328. Louis' election as king of Germany in ...

Politics

Since the administration reform 1974 Homburg has a Lord Mayor, before that it used to have a Mayor. Rüdiger Schneidewind (SPD) has been Lord Mayor of Homburg since October 1, 2014.

Main sights

*Schlossberg Caves *Louisenthal Castle * Karlsberg Castle *

Wörschweiler Abbey Wörschweiler Abbey ( la, Verneri-Villerium; german: Kloster Wörschweiler; also ''Werschweiler'' in older literature) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres ea ...

Transport

Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the town, served by long-distance and regional trains. By road transport, the town is served by the motorways A6 (exit ''Homburg'') and A8 (exits '' Limbach'' and '' Einöd'').

Notable people

Horst Ehrmantraut Horst Ehrmantraut (born 11 December 1955) is a German former professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means ...

(born 1955), footballer *

Stefan Eck Stefan Eck is a German politician, who, since 2014, represented Germany in the European Parliament until 2019. He was elected representing Human Environment Animal Protection, but left the party in December 2014. He sat as an Independent in the ...

(born 1956), politician (former Tierschutzpartei, currently independent) *

Andreas Walzer Andreas Walzer (born 20 May 1970) is a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in the Men's team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics along with Jens Lehmann, Stefan Steinweg, Guido Fulst and Michael Glöckner Michael Glöckner (born 27 May 1 ...

(born 1970), cyclist *

Michael Jakosits Michael Georg Jakosits (born 21 January 1970) is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the 10 metre running target at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He placed fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Jakosits w ...

(born 1970), sports shooter * Markus Heitz (born 1971), fantasy author *

Timo Bernhard Timo Bernhard (born 24 February 1981) is a former driver from Germany. He was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is a winner of the Triple Crown in endurance racing. On 29 June 20 ...

(born 1981), sports car racer *

David Bardens David Bardens (born 27 April 1984) is a German physician whose case was reported internationally in 2015 after the district court of Ravensburg had ruled that he should get the €100,000 prize money that biologist Stefan Lanka had promised to an ...

(born 1984), physician *

Laura Steinbach Laura Steinbach-Romero (born 2 August 1985) is a former German handball player for the German national team. Since summer of 2016 she is married with former Spanish handball player Iker Romero. Career She represented Germany at the 2008 Summer ...

(born 1985), handball player *

Kelly Piquet Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born 7 December 1988) is a Brazilian model, columnist, blogger and public relations professional. Life and career Kelly Piquet was born in Homburg, Germany. She is the daughter of Nelson Piquet, Brazilian ra ...

(born 1988), Brazilian blogger and model

Twin towns – sister cities

Homburg is twinned with: * La Baule-Escoublac, France (1984) *

Ilmenau Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w ...

, Germany (1989) *

Albano Laziale Albano Laziale (; it, label= Romanesco, Arbano; la, Albanum) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. Rome is distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa ...

, Italy (2018)

References

External links

*
Official website

Literature about Homburg

Kloster Wörschweiler
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