Coburg lies in the north of Bavaria in the governmental district Upper Franconia. The city free of circle is surrounded completely by the administrative district Coburg. With 42015 residents and a surface of 48.30 kms ² it has a medium population density of 870 residents per square kilometer. The city Coburg passes of the parts of town Coburg (central town), Beiersdorf, Bertelsdorf and Glend, Cortendorf, Creidlitz, Ketschendorf, Lützelbach and Löbelstein, Neu- and Neershof, Neuses, Rögen, Scheuerfeld, Seidmannsdorf as well as Wüstenahorn.
Coburg lies between the Main valley and the long mountains, the southern foothills of the Thuringian forest. Coburg is flowed through of the Itz which is fed by several brooks like the Lauterbach, Sulzbach or the Rottbach. This position between the Lower Hills of the Thuringian forest and the hill country in the Obermain stamped decisively the origin of the city Coburg. The so-called Coburger gate in the Itz favored the investment of an antecessor's settlement with the name Tufalistat derived by a Thuringian tribe in the time after the migration.
Coburg is an important industry location in Bavaria and in Germany. Beside one of the meaning automobile ancillary industries are resident in Coburg one of the biggest insurance teams of Germany as well as companies of the compressors and air pressure technology. These three companies occupy nearly 10,000 residents in and around Coburg.
Culturally Coburg is likewise one of the meaning places in Germany. In 1530 there stayed Martin Luther on the Veste Coburg because he could not take part because of Eight in the Reichstag in Augsburg. He translated parts of the Bible into German in this time.
Beside the Veste Coburg with the great collections which can be all visited the Castels and parks are very worth seeing. In a sunny day it blazes to itself very much to walk by the rose garden and to stay on the court of Palace Ehrenburg. With the Landestheater it is offered to cultural enthusiast theatre at the highest level. Coburg is a distant meeting place of the Coburger Conventes of the Turnerschaften and Landsmannschaften (Student fraternities) in Germany and Austria. Annually they hold in Coburg the Whitsun congress.
But you may not forget one in your visit in Coburg. Eat a COBRA! No fear, concerns, on this occasion, it not possibly around a poison impact, but around Coburger Bra twürscht... (grilled saussage)
