Coburg
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Coburg is a German city in the north of Franconia. Its population is about 45,000 and it is 48.3 km² large. Its mayor is Norbert Kastner. Coburg is a European city that has two universities of applied sciences.
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[edit] Geography
Coburg is about 100 km in the north of Nürnberg, 90 km in the east of Würzburg and 90 km in the south of Erfurt. Erfurt, Nürnberg and Würzburg are the next big cities. Coburg is an Circle Free city.
[edit] History
Coburg was often capital of many duchies: Sachsen-Coburg-Eisenach, Sachsen-Coburg-Meiningen, Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, and Sachsen-Coburg. It was the capital of the Freistaat Coburg. Until 1918 Coburg was an monarchy-state, from 1918-1920 it was an Freistaat, but it gets together with Bavaria 1920. Coburg is over 950 years old
[edit] City arrangement
Coburg is arranged in 15 Quarters:
- City
- Beiersdorf
- Bertelsdorf
- Glend
- Cortendorf
- Creidlitz
- Ketschendorf
- Lützelbuch
- Löbelstein
- Neu-and Neershof
- Neuses
- Rögen
- Scheuerfeld
- Seidmansdorf
- Wüstenahorn
[edit] Industry
There are many big companys like
- Brose
- Kaeser
- Waldrich
- Gaudlitz
- HUK-Coburg
but also much little important companys.
[edit] Sights
[edit] Buildings
In Coburg are many Sights for example the Ehrenburg, the Veste Coburg and the historic City. In Coburg are many castles.
[edit] Museums
- Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (Art Collection)
- Naturkundemuseum (Naturemuseum)
- Friedrich-Rückertmuseum
- German contactor museum
- Grabungsmuseum
- Sea-Star Aquarium
[edit] Parks
- Hofgarten, is the largest Parkarea in Coburg. It is from the Castleplace up to the Veste Coburg. Its teh meetingplace of many Inhabitants of the City, especially of the youthpeople.
- Untere Anlage with an old cemetry
- Rosengarten, next to the Kongreshouse Rosengarten
- and more little parks in wohle Coburg
[edit] Culture
In Coburg are two theaters, cinemas a long shopping street and much more.
[edit] Culinary specialities
- Ther is the famous Original Coburger Rostbratwurst,
- Coburger Klöße,
- the famous Coburger Schmätzchen and
- the Hof-Likör
[edit] Local Media
- NEWSPAPER: There is the Coburger Tageblatt (Daynews of Coburg), the Neue Presse (New Press), The Coburger Wochenecho, the Coburger Wochenspiegel, for the Youth is the Scenemagacin MOHR.
- RADIO: There are two local radios: Radio 1 and Radio Galaxy
- TV: for whole Upper Franconia TVO, for Coburg the Internet-TV CO-TV
- INTERNET: there is the onlinemagacin Cocoa
[edit] Traffic
[edit] Long-distance traffic
- with car: over the A 73 (motorway), the B4, B303 and B289
- with train: from the Trainstations in Coburg go lines to: Neustadt bei Coburg and Sonneberg, to Lichtenfels and Kulmbach and to Lichtenfels, Bamberg, Forchheim, Erlangen, Fürth and Nürnberg.
- With planes: The two Airports of Coburg or the Big-Airports in Erfurt, Frankfurt and Nürnberg
[edit] Public local passenger traffic
- train: to Bad Rodach abd to Neustadt bei Coburg
- bus there are many bus-lines for the City and the dstrict Coburg
[edit] Important for other areas
Coburg is very Important for whole district Coburg, the distrits Kronach, Lichtenfels, Haßberge, Hildburghausen, Sonneberg and also important for districts Suhl, Meiningen, Saalfeld, Kulmbach and Bamberg.
[edit] Schools
there are two Universities of applied sciences, four gymnasiums, two Realschools and manny Haupt- and Grundschools
[edit] Regular Events
- Samba-Festival, the second largest Samba festival of the world
- Coburger Convent, a large congress is aligned each year by over one hundred student connections
- Huk-Coburg Open Air Sommer, every year different international stars took place on the Coburg Castelplace.
- Johann-Strauß Festival
- Frühlingsfest
- Coburger Vogelschießen
- Christmasmarket
- Fleamarket
- different markets over the year
- and other different events for example Coburg makes blue
[edit] Sister Cities
- Garden City (USA)
- Oudenaarde (Belgien)
- Niort (France)
- Gais (Italy)
- Isle of Wight (Great Britain)
- Cobourg (Canada)
