Homburg or Hombourg may refer to

Places

In Germany

Homburg, Saarland Homburg (; , ; ) 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 medica ...

, 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, Germany, 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 ...

, town and spa in Hesse * Homburg Forest, (''Homburgwald'') a hill range in Lower Saxony * Homburg, a quarter of Triefenstein, 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 or Schloss Bad Homburg, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe *

Reichsherrschaft Homburg 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 ...

, a small state around the castle from 1276 to 1806

In France

Hombourg Hombourg (; ) 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. The communes ...

, a commune in Haut-Rhin * Hombourg-Budange, 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 part ...

, municipality in the canton of Thurgau *

Hombourg, Belgium Hombourg (; ; ; ; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Plombières, located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. History Origins The existence of Hombourg is first recorded in 1070, as the settleme ...

, a village in the municipality of

Plombières Plombières (; or ''Bleiberg'', ; ) 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 area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density ...

People with the surname

* Eril Homburg (1936–2017), Australian basketball player * Ernst Homburg (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 Gumeracha (1884-1902) and Murr ...

(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 Burra Burra from 1912 to 1915 representing the Liberal Union. He resigned in 1915 ...

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

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

(born 1961), German economist *

Wilhelm von Homburg Norbert Grupe (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 films ...

(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, a real estate investment trust, owner of

Montreal Central Station Montreal Central Station (, ) is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nearly 11 million rail passengers use the station every year, making it the second-busiest train station in Canada, af ...