🇩🇪 Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. 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 Robert Bosch GmbH, Schaeffler Group and Michelin.
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.
The city districts are situated in the Blies valley or on its tributaries Erbach, Lambsbach and Schwarzbach.
Homburg is composed of Homburg centre 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.
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.
Tourist Industry • 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).
Homburg has a population of over 43,690 people. Homburg also forms the centre of the wider Saarpfalz District which has a population of over 141,656 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Homburg has links with:
🇮🇹 Albano Laziale, Italy 🇩🇪 Ilmenau, Germany 🇫🇷 La Baule-Escoublac, France🇨🇦 North Vancouver 49.321
🇩🇪 Neunkirchen 49.344
🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Weinstraße 49.351
🇫🇷 Thionville 49.359
🇩🇪 Schwandorf 49.317
🇩🇪 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 49.283
🇩🇪 Zweibrücken 7.367
Locations Near: Homburg 7.33769,49.3203
🇩🇪 Zweibrücken 7.367,49.25 d: 8.1
🇩🇪 Saarpfalz 7.25,49.25 d: 10.1
🇩🇪 Neunkirchen 7.18,49.344 d: 11.7
🇩🇪 Sankt Wendel 7.167,49.467 d: 20.4
🇫🇷 Sarreguemines 7.072,49.114 d: 30
🇩🇪 Saarbrücken 6.997,49.235 d: 26.5
🇩🇪 Birkenfeld 7.183,49.65 d: 38.3
🇩🇪 Südwestpfalz 7.672,49.14 d: 31.5
🇩🇪 Kaiserslautern 7.76,49.442 d: 33.5
Antipodal to: Homburg -172.662,-49.32
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🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16068.2
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15917.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12143.3
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🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12050.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12045.5