Homburg

Homburg (short form to "Hohenburg" via historically "Hohemburg") is the name of the following territories:

  • Hessen-Homburg, former landgraviate around today's Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
  • Reichsherrschaft Homburg, former small state around today's Homburg-Bröl, North Rhine-Westphalia


Homburg or Hombourg is the name of the following places:

in Belgium:

  • Hombourg (Belgium) (German: Homburg), district of Plombières in the province of Liège

in Germany:

  • Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, district town and health resort in the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
  • Homburg, district town in the Saarpfalz district, Saarland
  • Homburg (Lörrach), settlement in the core town of Lörrach
  • Homburg (Waldshut-Tiengen), district of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg
  • Homburg am Main, district of Triefenstein in the administrative district of Main-Spessart, Bavaria
  • Homburg-Bröl, district of Nümbrecht in the Oberbergische Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Am Homburg, district of the state capital Saarbrücken, Saarland

in France:

  • Hombourg (German Homburg), commune in the Département Bas-Rhin (Alsace)
  • Hombourg-Haut (German Oberhomburg), town in the arrondissement Forbach-Boulay, Département Moselle (Lorraine)
  • Hombourg-Budange (German Homburg-Bidingen), commune in the arrondissement Thionville, Département Moselle (Lorraine)

in Switzerland:

  • Homburg TG, municipality in the canton of Thurgau


Homburg is the name of the following castles, palaces and ruins and a mountain:

  • castle Homburg, see castle ruin Hohenburg (Homburg), castle ruin in Homburg, Saarland
  • Bad Homburg Castle, castle in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
  • Homburg Castle (Nümbrecht), castle near Nümbrecht, Oberbergische Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Homburg (Gössenheim), castle ruin near Gössenheim, Main-Spessart district, Bavaria
  • Homburg (Liptingen), castle ruin near Emmingen-Liptingen, district of Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • Homburg (Stahringen), castle ruin near Radolfzell-Stahringen, Constance county, Baden-Württemberg
  • Homburg (Stadtoldendorf), castle ruin in the Homburg forest near Stadtoldendorf, district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony
  • Homburg (Hamm), castle ruin in the urban area of the independent city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Homburg an der Unstrut, former monastery near Bad Langensalza, Unstrut-Hainich district, Thuringia
  • Homburgswarte, fortress in the Harz Mountains near the Hexentanzplatz near Thale, district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt
  • Homburg Ruin, castle ruins in Läufelfingen, Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
  • Homburg (Wemlighausen), 721.8 m high mountain in the Rothaargebirge northeast of Wemlighausen, district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia


Homburg is the surname of the following people:

  • Landgraves of Hesse-Homburg, see House of Hesse#Hesse-Homburg
  • Noblemen of Homburg
  • Axel Homburg (1936-2018), German industrial manager
  • Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg (1761-1839), Alsatian count, member of the French National Assembly
  • Christian Homburg (* 1962), German economist
  • Daniel Brendel von Homburg (1523-1582), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
  • Dietrich von Homburg († 1225), Bishop of Würzburg
  • Erich Homburg (1886-1954), German lieutenant general
  • Ernst Christoph Homburg (1605-1681), German baroque poet, publications
  • Hermann Homburg (1874-1964), Australian lawyer, politician and minister
  • Hubert Franz Maria von Andlau-Homburg (1868-1959), nobleman, mayor, deputy in the French Senate
  • Michael Homburg (1931-2012), German Lutheran pastor and priest
  • Rainer Johannes Homburg (* 1966), German church musician and choirmaster
  • Robert Homburg (1848-1912) German-Australian judge and politician
  • Robert von Andlaw-Homburg (1852-1919), Alsatian nobleman and politician
  • Ruth Stock-Homburg (* 1972), German scientist
  • Stefan Homburg (* 1961), German financial scientist
  • Valeska Homburg (* 1976), German television presenter
  • Ulrich Homburg (* 1955), German civil engineer, member of the Management Board of DB Mobility Logistics AG
  • Wolf von Homburg († 1566), knight


Homburg also stands for:

  • Homburg chemical plant, pharmaceutical company, subsidiary of Degussa AG
  • Homburg (hat), special men's hat


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