Homburg
Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district.
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 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.
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Worth seeing in and around Homburg
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wörschweiler Abbey
Wörschweiler Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres east of Saarbrücken, on a mountain called Marienberg.
4.1 km · monastery · Wikipedia - 02Waldstadion Homburg
The Waldstadion Homburg is the home stadium of Regionalliga Südwest club FC 08 Homburg. It has a spectator capacity of 16,488.
1.6 km · football stadium in Germany · Wikipedia - 03Karlsberg Castle
Karlsberg Castle is a castle ruin on Buchenberg east of Homburg in Saarland, Germany. The castle was constructed from 1778 to 1788 in Baroque and Classical style by Johann Christian von Mannlich, architect and general building director of the dukes of Zweibrücken, by order of Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken.
3.9 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia - 04Merburg
Merburg is a ruined small castle near Homburg, Saarland, Germany. Details about the castle's builders and most of their owners are unknown.
3.1 km · castle ruin · Wikipedia - 05Hohenburg Castle
The Hohenburg, also called Homburg Castle or Fortress Hohenburg, is a ruined castle located Homburg in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany. It stands atop the 325 metres -high Schlossberg above the Schlossberg Caves.
1 km · castle ruin · Wikipedia - 06Römermuseum Schwarzenacker
Römermuseum Schwarzenacker is an archaeological open-air museum in Schwarzenacker, a district of Homburg, Saarland, Germany. The museum was constructed by archaeologist Alfonso Kolling, who also led the archaeological excavations at the site.
4 km · museum in Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Homburg
- Airports
- Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 70 km · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden (FKB), 81 km · Luxembourg-Findel (LUX), 88 km
- Stations
- Homburg Central Station, 1.3 km
- Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → HomburgTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Rheinmünster → Homburg82 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · €16–23
- Frankfurt am Main → Homburg131 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Homburg
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