Hildburghausen

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Hildburghausen
Town
Town hall on the main square
Coat of arms
Location of Hildburghausen within Hildburghausen district
Hildburghausen Show map of Germany Hildburghausen Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°25′N 10°45′E / 50.417°N 10.750°E / 50.417; 10.750
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Hildburghausen
Subdivisions	10
Government
• Mayor (2023–29)	Patrick Hammerschmidt[1]
Area
• Total	72.94 km2 (28.16 sq mi)
Elevation	381 m (1,250 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	11,689
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	98641–98646
Dialling codes	03685
Vehicle registration	HBN
Website	www.hildburghausen.de

Hildburghausen (German pronunciation: [hɪltbʊʁkˈhaʊ̯zn̩] ^ⓘ[3]) is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the Hildburghausen district.

It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra River. The town centre is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of Suhl and 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Coburg.

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The settlement of Hilteburgehusin was first mentioned in a 1234 deed, when the Counts of Henneberg sold it to the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg. Repurchased in 1316, the Henneberg lords vested the citizens with town privileges in 1324 and had city walls erected. In 1353 the estates of Hildburghausen were inherited by the Wettin landgrave Frederick III of Thuringia and upon the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig became part of the Ernestine duchies.

In 1528 the Hildburghausen citizens turned Protestant. The town fell to the newly established Duchy of Saxe-Coburg in 1572 and upon the extinction of the line in 1638 passed to the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. In 1680 it became the residence of the Ernestine dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen until its dissolution in 1826, after which it passed to the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. The town became part of the new state of Thuringia in 1920.

• A ducal palace, erected between 1685 and 1695, with a park in which there is a monument to Queen Louise of Prussia
• The old town hall
• A monument erected to those citizens who died in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71^[4]

• Karoline von Feuchtersleben (1774–1842) born in Hildburghausen
• Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860)
• Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787–1847)
• Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794–1825)
• Joseph Meyer (publisher) (1796–1856)
• Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818–1907)
• Hans Meyer (geologist) (1858–1929)
• Ronald Weigel (born 1959) in Hildburghausen
• Torsten Warmuth (born 1968)

• Media related to Hildburghausen at Wikimedia Commons