Coburg

Coburg, Germany is the capital of the Coburg district of Bavaria, Germany. Before 1918, it was the capital of the small duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

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The family of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (which can be known by the shortened form "Coburg") began as rulers of the above, and extended their influence to the thrones of the UK, Belgium, Portugal, and Bulgaria.

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Places named after one of the above (but probably the ruling family):

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• Coburg, Oregon a city in the United States
• Coburg, Iowa a city in the United States
• Coburg, Victoria a suburb of Melbourne,

Australia

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• Cobourg, Ontario a city in Kanda

Coburg, Germany: __TOC__Coburg is a city located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Central-West Germany. Its 2003 population was 42,257. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin Line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920. Before 1918, it was the capital of the small duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha....

Coburg: Coburg, Germany is the capital of the Coburg district of Bavaria, Germany. Before 1918, it was the capital of the small duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha....

Bavaria: The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km? (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany. Its capital is Munich....