Homburg (; , ; ) is a town in

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

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and

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Geography

Homburg is located in the northern part of the Saarpfalz district, bordering

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. It is 16 km from Neunkirchen and 36 km from

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. The city districts are situated in the Blies valley or on its tributaries Erbach, Lambsbach and Schwarzbach. Homburg is composed of Homburg center and nine city districts: Beeden, Bruchhof-Sanddorf, Einöd, Erbach, Jägersburg, Kirrberg, Reiskirchen, 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

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

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

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

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, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unq ...

(born 1955), footballer * Stefan Eck (born 1956), politician (former Tierschutzpartei, currently independent) * Andreas Walzer (born 1970), cyclist * Michael Jakosits (born 1970), sports shooter * Markus Heitz (born 1971), fantasy author * Timo Bernhard (born 1981), sports car racer * David Bardens (born 1984), physician * Laura Steinbach (born 1985), handball player * Kelly Piquet (born 1988), Brazilian blogger and model

Twin towns – sister cities

Homburg is twinned with: *

La Baule-Escoublac La Baule-Escoublac (; Gallo: ''Écoubiâ'', , ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in Loire-Atlantique, a department in Pays de la Loire, western France. History Seaside resort In 1879, when the Saint-Nazaire- Croisic railroa ...

, France (1984) * Ilmenau, Germany (1989) *

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, Italy (2018)

References

External links

*
Official website

Literature about Homburg

Kloster Wörschweiler
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