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  Coburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coburg is a city located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany.
Coburg's Coat of Arms honoring the patron Saint Maurice was granted in 1493.
Coburg is referred to as "Europe's Capital of Samba" [1].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coburg   (569 words)

  
 Coburg
Coburg made it 3 flags in a row in 1928 but this time victory was earned the hard way after grand final opponents Port Melbourne went into the long break with a 20 point advantage.
Coburg squared the ledger against Williamstown in the 1988 grand final with a 16.18 (114) to 12.15 (87) victory before clinching the 'series' a year later in the first season of the VFA's reversion to a single division format and with a final five system in operation.
Coburg elected to pursue a uniquely different line, announcing that they would be 'merging' with the resurrected remnants of former AFL club, Fitzroy.
www.fullpointsfooty.net /coburg.htm   (1451 words)

  
 Drive-ins Downunder - Australian Drive-ins
Coburg held its own among this group but was always at a disadvantage as far as location was concerned.
Coburg was prone to armed hold-ups in the early days, the ticket box was surrounded by long grass cover in the field next door and this provided ample cover for a bandit to disappear into.
Coburg was also close to the state's largest prison, Pentridge, and on more than one occasion patrons were asked to wind up windows and lock doors, as escapees fled along the creek at the rear of the screen.
www.drive-insdownunder.com.au /australian/vic_coburg.htm   (797 words)

  
 SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA - LoveToKnow Article on SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lying on the south slope of the Thuringian Forest, and in the Franconian plain, the duchy of Coburg is an undulating and fertile district, reaching its highest point in the SenichshOhe (1716 ft.) near Mirsdorf.
In Coburg the people belong to the Franconian and in Gotha to the Thuringian branch of the Teutonic family, and, according to religious confessions, almost the entire population is Lutheran, Roman Catholics only numbering some 3000 and Jews about 700.
History.The district of Coburg came into the possession of the family of Wettin in the i4th century, and after the Wettins had become electors of Saxony this part of their lands fell at the partition of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the house.
www.1911ency.org /S/SA/SAXE_COBURG_GOTHA.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Coburg, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coburg was proclaimed a shire on 24 December, 1874.
In January, 1905, Coburg was proclaimed a borough, in evidence of the four-fold growth in its population since 1880.
Coburg township's census populations have been 1,033 (1861), 2,370 (1881), 6,772 (1901) and 9,454 (19110.
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/coburg.html   (1143 words)

  
 Coburg Football Club
Despite this Coburg were quickly into attack asserting their authority on the match as you would expect from a team that was 3rd placed on the ladder and their opponents on the bottom.
Coburg opened up a commanding lead and when Bendigo were able to get the ball trying to drive it forward they were once again met by a brick wall called Talbot.
Coburg were amassing a big score and if it wasn't for the blustery conditions and some dubious umpire decisions adding to the point tally, Coburg's 6 goals 12 behinds could have been much greater.
home.iprimus.com.au /coburgtigers/coburg/bdiggers.htm   (595 words)

  
 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The two Duchies, bereft of a common ruler, became separate states, but ceased to exist shortly thereafter, with Saxe-Coburg becoming a part of Bavaria, and Saxe-Gotha merging with other small states to form the new state of Thuringia in 1920 in the Weimar Republic.
The capitals of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were Coburg and Gotha.
The combined duchy had an area of 1,977 km² and a population of 242,000 (1905).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   (1318 words)

  
 Redreaming the Plain: an e-journal about sustainability
Coburg, eight kilometres north of Melbourne, was originally named Pentridge by the surveyor Henry Foot, whose wife was a native of Pentridge in Dorset.
Coburg's population in 1996 was only about 9000 greater than in 1930.
Postwar Coburg is a mixed suburb, with pockets of manufacturing, a commercial strip centred on Sydney Road, and one of Australia's largest concentrations of inter-war houses, many of which have been renovated in the 1990s.
www.redreaming.info /DisplayStory.asp?id=51   (460 words)

  
 Coburg text   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coburg is a town that is now at the geographical center of Germany but is certainly not the center of Germany; that was, until very recently, on the fringes of Germany; that was once one of the most important centers of power in the civilized world – which meant, effectively, Europe.
Although Coburg is one of the smaller principalities of Germany it once held power on, or very closely behind, most of the thrones of Europe.
Victoria came to love Coburg and the surrounding countryside and was a frequent visitor there, where she would mix with other members of the ever extending Coburg clan.
www.travelhopefully.com /Coburg5.htm   (1607 words)

  
 Coburg in Bavaria - town where European kings came from
Old house designs document a kind of art and the town Coburg is a treasurebox of a lot different things in arts.
In the main castle, the Veste Coburg you will find big collections of paintings, venecian glasses, ceramics and tin, porcellan, historical weapons and one of the biggest graphic collection of the world.
In Coburg Johann Strauss as the Duke's Orchestra Master met a lady, curiously she had the same name, a widow Adele Strauss.
www.airport-shuttle-munich.com /coburgus.htm   (1542 words)

  
 Search Results for "coburg"
Coburg's indsutries include lumber and paper milling, brewing, and...
A possession of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin, it was given by...
The Old Vic theater opened in 1818 as the Coburg, and was renamed the Royal Victoria in 1833, soon familiarized to...
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=coburg   (216 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Coburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coburg's indsutries include lumber and paper milling, brewing, and the manufacture of glass, machinery, electrochemical equipment, and toys.
Mentioned in the 11th cent., Coburg in 1353 passed to the house of Wettin.
Palace coup: Luc Richard and Karin Puhringer triumph at the five-star Palais Coburg's 19th-century building in Vienna.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/coburg.asp   (274 words)

  
 Coburg Table Tennis Club Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Coburg Table Tennis Club began in 1948 at the McDonald Reserve Clubrooms that are no longer in use.
The club was named Coburg Harriers Table Tennis Club in those days and was associated with the Harriers athletic club until the early 1970s.
Coburg Table Tennis Club is still one of the leading clubs in Victoria.
home.vicnet.net.au /~cttc   (311 words)

  
 History of Moreland Fact Sheet 3 - Coburg and Pascoe Vale - Moreland City Council
Coburg was surveyed by Robert Hoddle in 1837­38, and he recorded details of the first white person living in Coburg ­ it was a Mr Hyatt who had a sheep station and hut on the east bank of the Merri Creek near present Outlook Road.
It was suggested by Robert Mailer of Glencairn that they should change it to Coburg as the Duke of Edinburgh was soon to visit the colony and he was a member of the royal house of Saxe-Coburg.
In 1905, Coburg was gazetted as a borough, and Thomas Greenwood and his wife Martha became Coburg's first Mayor and Mayoress.
www.moreland.vic.gov.au /historyofmoreland3.htm   (881 words)

  
 Coburg Football Club
Coburg at half time were killing the opposition and the scores were Coburg 10.6.66 to Sandringham's 3.4.22.
Alan Richardson made some interesting changes that saw young Coburg players Tremellen and Flaherty thrown into the arena and it was a great delight to see these players revel in the opportunity and taste the kill.
Biggs and Zunn were the best for Coburg and with them showing the way, the last quarter provided the crowd with a lot more to cheer about as Coburg matched it with Sandringham, kicking 2 goals each to arrest the situation on the scoreboard and earn some respect.
home.iprimus.com.au /coburgtigers/coburg/sandringham.htm   (689 words)

  
 Ernst-Leopold, Prinz von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha: Last Honor of a German Prince   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The eldest male member of the Coburg family, Prince Ernst-Leopold was unable to inherit the ducal throne.
The Coburg inheritance was given to Prince Charles-Edward of Great Britain, only son of Queen Victoria's fourth son who had died a victim of hemophilia in 1884.
Yet, this first divorce deeply bothered the Coburgs and was the cause of the family rift which would forever divide Ernst-Leopold and his family.
www.eurohistory.com /ernst.html   (1275 words)

  
 Coburg, Oregon
Coburg, Oregon, in Lane county, is 6 miles N of Eugene, Oregon and 97 miles S of Portland, Oregon.
Coburg is fortunate in that not many of its residents suffer poverty.
Coburg folks tended to give their money ($650) to George W. Bush in the 2004 Presidential race.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/oregon/coburg   (381 words)

  
 Coburg North, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first two are on the Coburg to Fawkner railway line and the last is east of the Merri Creek.
Coburg North comprised two allotments, each of about one square mile, in the subdivision made in 1839 by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle.
An eighty acre estate west of the North Coburg station was marketed as the Merlynston estate, and the North Coburg Progress Association lobbied for the area to be named after the estate.
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/coburgnorth.html   (432 words)

  
 Coburg
Coburg, Iowa, United States [City]; population was 58 in 1990; housing units was 22 in 1990; location is 40°55'N 95°16'W; land area is 0.29 square miles (185 acres); FIPS code is 14880 [SourceCBP]
Coburg, Iowa, United States [Populated Place] is in Mills County; location is 40°55'3"N 95°15'51"W; elevation is 1,004 feet; was named in year 1891 [SourceGSP]
Coburg, Oregon, United States [City]; population was 763 in 1990; housing units was 305 in 1990; location is 44°8'N 123°4'W; land area is 0.69 square miles (439 acres); FIPS code is 14400 [SourceCBP]
www.placesnamed.com /C/o/coburg.asp   (161 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The territory of the Duchy of Coburg was ecclesiastically subject to the Diocese of Würzburg until the Reformation, after the inauguration of which the few remaining Catholics were ministered to by the Benedictines from the Monastery of Banz (on the Main).
In 1868 all the Catholics of the duchy were assigned to the parish of Coburg; the parish priest has for some years received a small annual allowance from the State (about $125).
The public elementary schools of both duchies are Evangelical-Lutheran, although religious supervision has been abolished since 1863, and a complete separation of Church and State thus effected.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13494a.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Coburg/Richmond Split? - Yellow and Black   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Apparently the Coburg club are having real issues in regards to ground usage, with a co-location agreement with the cricket club not working well for Coburg.
Re the Ground: Currently the ground is used by Coburg FC and Calder Cannons during the footy season and Coburg Cricket Club during the summer.
It's been well documented that the Coburg FC as well as the Calder Cannons (with assitance from the RFC and the Essendon FC) put a submission to the Moreland Council requesting that Coburg City Oval become a year round footy ground and the Cricket club be relocated.
www.yellowandblack.info /forums/showthread.php?t=3156   (1158 words)

  
 Coburg hotels, reservation, pictures, reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coburg is known as the origin of European Aristocracy.
Coburg is an inside tip for culture, history and events.
Coburg offers also a great variety of relaxational and recreational opportunities.
catalogue.horse21.co.uk /germany+hotels/coburg+hotels   (168 words)

  
 Coburg Harriers Club Melbourne Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many people think that ultra track running started in the mid eighties but Coburg Harriers can lay claim to perhaps hosting the first ever such run.
The end of the Sydney to Melbourne came in 1991.This precipitated a gradual decline in ultra running but the Coburg 24 Hour event has survived although its future looked shaky for a few years.
Coburg Harriers took over the event organisation (and are still doing the job).
home.vicnet.net.au /~harriers/html/24hour.htm   (916 words)

  
 Coburg Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
Coburg's old town, or Altstadt, is demarked by a number of prominent gates, like the Spitalgasse pictured.
Coburg's townhall, or Rathaus, is an imposing and impressive building located in the central market place.
It was the official residence of the Duke of Coburg from 1547 - 1918, and also houses richly ornamented apartments for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, possibly Coburg's most famous son.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Coburg-70322/Things_To_Do-Coburg-R-1.html   (785 words)

  
 10k Truth Race Report - Coburg Run In The Country
While you won't see a Portland-esk finishers' area at Coburg, you will experience a genuine effort to reach out to kids, elites, older, younger, wheelchair, men, women, and oh by the way I almost forgot, the walkers, too.
The Coburg Five Miler and Half Marathon is guaranteed to loosen up even the tightest of sphincters.
Since my buddy The Rage wasn't at the 2002 Coburg 5 Miler to nip me at the tape and then offer his version of the race (see 2002 Butte to Butte), I figured I would step into the gap and provide a guest race report.
www.10ktruth.com /the_races/coburg.htm   (3055 words)

  
 HERMANN-Coburg Teddybären   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the cultural year of 1999, the city of Coburg honors the famous composer Johann Strauss (1825-1899).
The Vienna born composer who became immortal through his waltzes and operetta's became a Coburg citizen in 1887 because of his new lover.
Only in Coburg was he allowed to receive a divorce from his second wife.
www.hermann.de /kat99/e6.htm   (136 words)

  
 SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA Albert (Francis) Augustus Charles Prince Of
The heiress of Gotha had arrived at Coburg in 1817 to find a husband who was not much interested in her.
Left in Coburg were the two little princes who never again saw much of their mother.
No longer were the Coburgs considered a small, forgotten princely house from the depths of the Thuringian woods.
www.tree.familyhistory.uk.com /getperson.php?personID=I2034&tree=05   (730 words)

  
 Sachsen Coburg
See here for a general overview of thze Ernestine Saxon Duchies A first Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg was founded in 1596.
(1) At the same time all links with Gotha were severed and in 1919 Coburg was formally organized as a separate Free State (Freistaat) of the German Empire.
Unlike the other Thüringian states, Coburg did not join the new land of Thüringen, but rather merged with the Free State of Bavaria in 1920.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Saxe_Coburg.html   (473 words)

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