Jägersburg (in Dialect ''Järschborch'' or ''Jächersburch'') is a district of
Homburg in the
Saar-Palatinate (Saarpfalz) district,
Germany
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. Until End 1973 was Jägersburg an independent municipality in the former Homburg district.
Jägersburg has many lakes and ponds. The 3 lakes are the Möhlwoog (7,4 ha), the Brückweiher (7,09 ha) and the Schloßweiher (Castle lake) (1,71 ha).
During the 18th century,
Schloss Jägersburg was the favourite palace of
Christian IV
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years and 330 days is the longest in Scandinavian history.
A member of the H ...
,
Duke of Zweibrücken. However, today nothing remains anymore of these times.
Geography
The districts Altbreitenfelderhof and Websweiler are parts of Jägersburg. As of 1 August 2021, the village Jägersburg has 2,704 inhabitants, Altbreitenfelderhof 115 and Websweiler 269.
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Transport
Jägersburg is served by the federal highway B 423.
Jägersburg has an old train station.
References
Homburg, Saarland
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