There are many cities with castles in Germany with names, such as Heidelberg, Hamburg , Rothenburg, Nuremberg, Augsburg... In this group of cities with the word castle, Coburg may be the most inconspicuous. Almost few Chinese people have traveled to Coburg in Germany. However, in a historical sense, Coburg has a great background, and it is absolutely no exaggeration to say that it created the history of European imperial history!
✅European royal gene library
Coburg, a veritable city of princes. Since the 19th century, the descendants of Duke Coburg have spread the aristocratic bloodline of the Grand Duchy of Coburg to almost all European royal families through a series of carefully planned political marriages. The current reign of the British Queen, the Belgian King, the Spanish King Queen of Spain, the Denmark, the Swedish King... Their ancestors all came from Coburg. Before World War I, the relationship between the Coburg family and the royal family almost captured the entire Europe, allowing its princes and princesses to rule more than half of the earth at one time.
✅The center of the German territory
Once before East Germany and West Germany were unified, Coburg was just a city that was easily overlooked on the East-West Germany border. However, after the East-West Germany reunification in 1989, Coburg was located just between Hamburg in the north and Munich in the south. Fortunately, he transformed into the center of Germany on the new territory.
✅Coburg Castle
Coburg also has the second largest existing castle in Germany - Coburg Bunker, which is also one of the most important medieval fortresses in Germany. This is an atypical castle, and you will see a different feeling from different angles. Standing on the majestic Coburg Fortress overlooking the beautiful scenery. This castle has 3 defensive walls in total. Reformer Martin Luther once sought asylum at this fort 1530 years ago. There is a museum of art collections in the fortress (Kunstsammlungen), which contains a large collection of works by famous artists such as Rembrandt , Dürer and Old Kranach. The exquisite relief "Jagdintarsien-Zimmer" is a masterpiece of wooden art.
P.S. However, the Coburg Fort is on the hillside, so it is recommended to take a shuttle bus to the mountain and then hike down the mountain to save more effort!
0 There are still many exquisite wooden truss rooms in the 14th century on the side of the market square in Coburg. The gorgeous and traditional wooden structure of the Renaissance period is impressive. The center of the market is the monument to Prince Albert, the husband of the Queen of England in 1840.
Coburg is the location of the European nobles' gathering. The four important duke castles make the small city full of jewels. It is said that hot dogs were invented in Coburg, and Germany's first flush toilet also appeared here. "King of Waltz" John Little Strauss also gave up his Austrian nationality in order to naturalize as a citizen of Coburg.
✅Coburg is not large in scale, and it is more appropriate to spend 1-2 days to visit.
