As a consultant in the IT domain I travel all over to work for various customers. Recently this has included a stay in the city of Coburg, in Bavaria. This is an old city which has been home to many royal families over the years, including Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, as well as to Martin Luther!
Location
In 1920 Coburg had to choose between becoming Sachsen and Bavaria. The city negotiated a good deal with Bavaria and is located at what used to be the inner German border between the DDR (East Germany) and West Germany. Due to the border it is in what most would call “the sticks”.
Since the fall of wall this region has grown more popular and new highways have connected it with the rest of region. With only around 40,000 inhabitants it is small, but as it wasn’t seriously damaged in WWII it retains a lot of the old buildings and is tourist destination both for Germans and others.
Coburg is home to several large companies such as Brose, HUK-Coburg Insurance, Kaeser Kompressoren, and other manufacturing companies and due to the income from these businesses is quite affluent.
Coat of Arms
The symbol and coat of arms for Coburg is a depiction of Saint Maurice. He was an Egyptian commander in the Roman army and when a forgotten artist was asked to render his image he didn’t know what Egyptians might look like so chose this likeness instead.