Homburg Explained

Homburg or Hombourg may refer to

Places

In Germany

• Homburg, Saarland, capital of the Saarpfalz district of Saarland
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, town and spa in Hesse
• Homburg Forest, (Homburgwald) a hill range in Lower Saxony
• Homburg, a quarter of Triefenstein, Bavaria
• Homburg Castle, in Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Bad Homburg Castle or Schloss Bad Homburg, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
• Reichsherrschaft Homburg, a small state around the castle from 1276 to 1806

In France

• Hombourg, a commune in Haut-Rhin
• Hombourg-Budange, a commune in Bas-Rhin
• Hombourg-Haut, a commune in Moselle

Elsewhere

• Homburg, Switzerland, municipality in the canton of Thurgau
• Hombourg, Belgium, a village in the municipality of Plombières

People with the surname

• Eril Homburg (1936–2017), Australian basketball player
• Ernst Homburg (born 1952), Dutch chemist and historian
• Hermann Homburg (1874–1964), South Australian politician and lawyer, son of Robert
• Robert Homburg (1848–1912), South Australian politician and judge
• Robert Otto Homburg (1876–1948), South Australian politician and cricketer, son of Robert
• Stefan Homburg (born 1961), German economist
• Wilhelm von Homburg (1940–2004), German boxer and actor

Other uses

• Homburg hat, 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

See also

• Hamburg (disambiguation)
• Homberg (disambiguation)