What is Coburg?
{{nosources|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Coburg-Moriz1.jpg |image_caption = View over Coburg |image_coa = DEU Coburg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|16|N|10|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = |state = Bayern |region = Upper Franconia |district = Kreisfreie Stadt |elevation = 292 |area = 48.30 |population = 42015 |Stand = 2005-06-30 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09463000 |postal_code = 96450 |area_code = 09561 |licence = CO |website = [https://www.coburg.de/ www.coburg.de] |mayor = [[Norbert Tessmer]] |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = SPD }} '''Coburg''' ([[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]: ''Coborch'', ''Coburch'') is a [[Town#Germany|town]] on the [[Itz (river)|Itz]] River in [[Bavaria]], Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. It joined with [[Bavaria]] by popular vote in 1920. Before 1918, it was the larger of the two capital cities in the united [[duchy]] of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]. Coburg's [[Coat of Arms]] honoring the city's [[patron]] [[Saint Maurice]] was granted in 1493. [[File:Coburg-Ehrenburg1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Castle Ehrenburg, rebuilt after a catastrophic fire in 1690, received its [[Gothic Revival|neo-Gothic]] skin in the 19th century.]] == History == Coburg is about 90&nbsp;km south of [[Erfurt]] and about 100&nbsp;km north of [[Nuremberg]]. Coburg was first mentioned in a document dated 1056, although there was a settlement at the site that before then called Trufalistat. Following several changes of noble owners, it came into the hands of the [[Wettin (dynasty)|House of Wettin]] in 1353 when Friedrich III, the Strong, married Katherina von Henneberg. In 1596, it became the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of one of the new Duchy of [[Saxe-Coburg]] under the leadership of Duke Johann Casimirs (ruled 1596-1633). Due to the royal connections among the royal houses of Europe, Coburg was the site of many royal Ducal weddings and visits. Britain's [[Queen Victoria]] made 6 visits to Coburg during her 64-year reign. In 18