Homburg or Hombourg may refer to

Places

In Germany

Homburg, Saarland 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 3 ...

, capital of the Saarpfalz district of Saarland *

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe'', w ...

, town and spa in Hesse *

Homburg Forest The Homburg Forest (german: Homburgwald or just ''Homburg'') also known as the Homburg Hills (''Homburger Berge'') is an area of upland up to in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Geography The Homburg Forest is located in the district o ...

, (''Homburgwald'') a hill range in Lower Saxony * Homburg, a quarter of

Triefenstein Markt Triefenstein () is a market community in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It was created in 1978 out of the villages Homburg am Main, Lengfurt, Rettersheim and ...

, Bavaria *

Homburg Castle Homburg Castle is an old hill castle in Nümbrecht, Oberbergischer Kreis in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History and construction The ''Homburg'' is first mentioned in records of 1276. Gottfried I of Sayn from the House of Sponhei ...

, in Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia *

Bad Homburg Castle Bad Homburg Castle (''Schloss Bad Homburg'') is a castle and palace in the German city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. Originally the residence of the Landgraves of Hesse-Homburg, it was first built in the 12th century. All but the keep was demolish ...

or Schloss Bad Homburg, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe * Reichsherrschaft Homburg, a small state around the castle from 1276 to 1806

In France

Hombourg Hombourg (; german: Homburg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. T ...

, a commune in Haut-Rhin *

Hombourg-Budange Hombourg-Budange (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Homréch-Biddéngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of t ...

, a commune in Bas-Rhin *

Hombourg-Haut Hombourg-Haut (; ) is a commune located in the department of Moselle, region of Grand Est, in the cultural and historical region Lorraine, north-eastern France. Hombourg-Haut is an old medieval fortress town, built in the thirteenth century ...

, a commune in Moselle

Elsewhere

Homburg, Switzerland Homburg is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Homburg is first mentioned in 899 as ''Hohenperc''. In 1243 it was mentioned as ''de Honburch''. From the Middle Ages until 1798 it was par ...

, municipality in the canton of Thurgau *

Hombourg, Belgium Hombourg (german: Homburg; nl, Homburg; li, (op) Homerech; wa, Hôbâr) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Plombières, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. History Origins The existence of Hombourg is f ...

, a village in the municipality of

Plombières Plombières (; german: Bleyberg or ''Bleiberg'', nl, Blieberg; wa, So-on-Mont-d'-Plomb) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total are ...

People with the surname

Eril Homburg Eril Maxine Homburg (16 October 1936 – 16 December 2017) was an Australian women's basketball player. Biography Homburg represented South Australia at basketball. She played in every match for the Australian team at the 1957 FIBA World Cham ...

(born 1936-2017), Australian basketball player *

Ernst Homburg Ernst Homburg (born 2 August 1952 in Venlo) is a Dutch emeritus professor of History of Science and Technology at Maastricht University. He published on the History of Chemistry and Technology in the 19th and 20th century in the Netherlands and E ...

(born 1952), Dutch chemist and historian *

Hermann Homburg Hermann Robert Homburg (17 March 1874 – 12 December 1964) was a South Australian politician and lawyer. Early life Homburg was born in Norwood and educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. Following his admission to t ...

(1874–1964), South Australian politician and lawyer, son of Robert *

Robert Homburg Robert Homburg (10 March 1848 – 23 March 1912) was a politician and judge in colonial South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1884 to 1905, representing the electorates of Electoral district of Gumeracha ...

(1848–1912), South Australian politician and judge *

Robert Otto Homburg Robert Otto Homburg (31 January 1876 – 21 October 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Electoral district of Burra Burra, Burra Burra from 1912 to 1915 representing the ...

(1876–1948), South Australian politician and cricketer, son of Robert *

Stefan Homburg Stefan Homburg (born March 10, 1961) is a German professor of economics. He was the director of the Institute of Public Finance at the University of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany until 2021. Outside academia he is best known for his controversia ...

(born 1961), German economist *

Wilhelm von Homburg Norbert Grupe (born August 25, 1940 – March 10, 2004), better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile fi ...

(1940–2004), German boxer and actor

Other uses

Homburg hat A homburg is a semi-formal hat of fur felt, characterized by a single dent running down the centre of the crown (called a "gutter crown"), a wide silk grosgrain hatband ribbon, a flat brim shaped in a "pencil curl", and a ribbon-bound trim abo ...

, a semi-formal felt hat popularised in the 20th century * "Homburg" (song), by British rock group Procol Harum, 1967 * ''Der Prinz von Homburg'' (opera), German opera by Hans Werner Henze * ''The Prince of Homburg'' (play), German play by Heinrich von Kleist * ''The Prince of Homburg'' (film), 1997 Italian film *

Homburg Canada Homburg or Hombourg may refer to Places In Germany * Homburg, Saarland, capital of the Saarpfalz district of Saarland * Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, town and spa in Hesse * Homburg Forest, (''Homburgwald'') a hill range in Lower Saxony * Homburg, a ...

, a real estate investment trust, owner of

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