Homberg

Homburg is the county seat of the Saarpfalz district in Saarland. The University City is with 41,934 populations as of 31 December 2017 the third biggest town inside the Saarland. First settlements existed already in Roman instances in trendy district Schwarzenacker as essential station at intersecting highways Metz, Mainz and Trier Strasbourg. At the same region there was additionally a agreement of mediatrics. However, this reading is these days debatable, especially after coin finds in the place. The Hohenburg become the seat of the Counts of Homburg in the 12^th century.

They had been granted metropolis rights by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in 1330 for their city on the foot of the Schlossberg, and this is the 2^nd oldest town within the Saarland after Saarbrucken, which were given the town rights 9 years earlier. After the demise of the remaining Count of Homburg in 1449 castle and metropolis fell to the counts of Nassau Saarbrucken. These built within the 2nd half of the 16th century, the castle in a Renaissance fort. In the Reunionszeit had the French King Louis XIV. Through his fort builder Vauban castle and metropolis in the years 1679 to 1692 to build a strong castle.