Coburg Fortress
The Veste Coburg is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: one of the well-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany
- Also known as: “Franconian Crown”, “Fränkische Krone”, and “Veste Coburg”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Jsamwrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jsamwrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gästehaus Veste Coburg 1a in Coburg and Naturkundemuseum Coburg.
Gästehaus Veste Coburg 1a in Coburg
Residential building
Photo: Tors, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Gästehaus Veste Coburg 1a in Coburg is a residential building.
Naturkundemuseum Coburg
Museum
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Naturkundemuseum Coburg is situated 480 metres southwest of Coburg Fortress.
Landestheater Coburg
Theater building
Photo: Mike aus dem Bayerwald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Landestheater Coburg is a medium-sized three-division theatre in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. Located on Schlossplatz, a central square, the Neoclassical building has 550 seats. In 2008, the theatre employed 250 permanent staff and 100 part-time employees. Landestheater Coburg is situated 1 km southwest of Coburg Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Festungshof and Cortendorf.
Cortendorf
Suburb
Photo: Störfix, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Cortendorf is a north-eastern district of the Bavarian city of Coburg. With a population of 1.349 and a size of 1.65 square kilometres it has a population density of 818 inhabitants/km2.
Coburg Fortress
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, historic site, and tourism
- Location: Coburg, Coburg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.26382° or 50° 15′ 50″ northLongitude
10.98101° or 10° 58′ 52″ eastElevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)Open location code
9F2G7X7J+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 28077969OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
11497137Wikidata ID
Q561923
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Coburg Fortress” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Coburgeko gotorlekua”
- Catalan: “Veste Coburg”
- Chinese: “維斯特科堡”
- Danish: “Coburg fæstning”
- Danish: “Veste Coburg”
- Dutch: “Veste Coburg”
- Dutch: “Vesting Coburg”
- Esperanto: “Citadelo de Koburgo”
- Finnish: “Coburgin linnoitus”
- Finnish: “Veste Coburg”
- French: “Coburg Forteresse”
- French: “Forteresse de Coburg”
- French: “Fränkische Krone”
- French: “Veste Coburg”
- German: “Fränkische Krone”
- German: “Veste Coburg”
- Greek: “οχυρό του Κόμπουργκ”
- Hebrew: “פסטה קובורג”
- Italian: “Fortezza Coburgo”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Coburgo”
- Japanese: “フェステ・コーブルク”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coburgs festning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Veste Coburg”
- Norwegian: “Veste Coburg”
- Polish: “Twierdza Coburg”
- Polish: “Veste Coburg”
- Polish: “Zamek w Coburgu”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Coburg”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Coburgo”
- Portuguese: “Veste Coburg”
- Romanian: “Veste Coburg”
- Russian: “Veste Coburg”
- Russian: “Кобургская крепость”
- Russian: “Крепость Кобург”
- Slovenian: “Veste Coburg”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Coburgo”
- Spanish: “Veste Coburg”
- Swedish: “Coburgs fästning”
- Swedish: “Veste Coburg”
- Ukrainian: “Veste Coburg”
- Ukrainian: “Кобургська фортеця”
- Ukrainian: “Фортеця Фесте Кобург”
- Vietnamese: “Veste Coburg”
- “Veste Coburg”
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