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
See also: