Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Homburg, or Hombueg von der Hohe, a Prussian town in the province of Hesse-Nassau, nine miles N.N.W. of Frankfort. It is a favourite health-resort, owing to its five saline and chalybeate springs, which are very efficacious in casts of dyspepsia, gout, rheumatism, skin diseases, and other complaints.