Cobourg

See also: Cobourg (homonymy)

Cobourg (in German: Coburg ) is a town of Germany, in the Land of Bavaria. It is today the Chef-lieu district of Cobourg, to 84 km in the south-west of Weimar.

History

Cobourg is mentioned for the first time approximately 950 years ago. It was of 1586 to 1918 the capital of a Principauté of a branch junior (ernestine connects) house by Saxony, the dukes of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha, after having been that of the dukes of Saxony-Cobourg-Saalfeld, princely houses German all the two exits of the house of Saxony-Cobourg.

Cobourg was then the chief town of the principality of Cobourg, and Gotha that of the principality of the same name; both formant until 1918 the duchy of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha.

Princes of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha, left several Dynastie S royal who reign or reigned on the the United Kingdom and dependences of the British Couronne, the Belgium, the Portugal and the Bulgaria.

Monuments

  • the ducal castle Ehrenbourg

  • the church Saint-Maurice
  • the forteress of Jacket Coburg

Transport

Cobourg is accessible by highway 73, a station of railroad and 2 aerodromes.

Leisures

One finds in Cobourg a national theater , a large cinema, swimming pools, a center of climbing…

Other cities of the district

More the big cities of the district are:
  1. Neustadt EIB Coburg (17  000 inhabitants)
  2. Rödental (14  000 inhabitants)
  3. Bad rodach (8  000 inhabitants)
  4. Weitramsdor (5  100 inhabitants)
  5. Ahorn (4énbsp; 500 inhabitants)

Twinnings

Simple: Coburg

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