Homburg: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Homburg combines history, nature and activities to get involved in. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Homburg can then continue their accommodation search.

Culture

Homburg’s historic old town includes the market square and St Michael’s Church. Restored buildings invite visitors to stroll and linger. In Schwarzenacker, an open-air museum presents the layout of a Roman roadside station with buildings, outdoor areas, roads and canals; the Edelhaus contains Roman art, crafts and household finds.

The Homburg-Schwarzenacker Roman Museum is not accessible in various areas. Its interactive world offers children and adults role-based experiences modelled on those of a shoemaker or baker 2,000 years ago. The Roman Museum also offers pottery activities.

The Hohenburg was the seat of the Counts of Homburg in the 12th century. Under Louis XIV, Sébastien Prestre de Vauban expanded Homburg Castle into a modern citadel. The Homburg Fortress Tour audio tour leads through the former fortress of the French Sun King. The Schlossberg Caves are described as Europe’s largest sandstone caves.

Nature

Homburg has well-signposted hiking trails through Homburg Cultural Park, over the Schlossberg and through recreational areas with numerous ponds. Homburg City Park, created in 1982, is an urban oasis of tranquillity. It includes a water playground with a play ship, rafts and a climbing wall, another playground and a skate park.

At the Beeden biotope, Heck cattle, water buffalo and Konik horses are used for extensive grazing; two viewing platforms serve for observing white storks. The 4-kilometre-long Beeden Biotope-Culture Circular Trail starts at the viewpoint between the sports grounds on Sandweg. The Jägersburg recreational area has well-developed walking paths.

Activities

The 13-kilometre-long Schlossberg Tour is described as a premium hiking trail. It begins behind the ruins of the Hohenburg and passes the Schlossberg Caves, Stumpfer Gipfel, Karlsberg Pond, Karlsberg Spring, the remains of the former orangery, the bear enclosures and Schwanenweiher.

Food and Drink

The Saarperlen Tour combines sightseeing in Homburg with tastings of sparkling wine, wine and snacks.

Getting There

Homburg is directly connected to the A6 and A8 motorways; Saarbrücken Airport is nearby. Homburg is described as an ideal starting point for exploring the Saarpfalz region.

Other places: Kirkel, Mandelbachtal, Herbitzheim, Wolfersheim, Bexbach, Gersheim, Blieskastel, Sankt Ingbert

To the higher-level travel overview: Saarpfalz District.