Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Bavaria
- Adm region
- Upper Franconia
- Capital
- Coburg
- District admin
- Sebastian Straubel ( CSU )
- Total
- 592 km (229 sq mi)
- Density
- 143/km (370/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- CO, NEC
- Website
- landkreis-coburg.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Coburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈkoːbʊʁk]) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Kronach, Lichtenfels, Bamberg and Haßberge, and by the state of Thuringia (districts Hildburghausen and Sonneberg). The district surrounds, but does not include the city of Coburg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.