Geography
Homburg has an area, as of 2009, of 24.15 square kilometers (9.32 sq mi). Of this area, 16.88 km2 (6.52 sq mi) or 69.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi) or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.1% is used for growing crops, while 4.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and .
The municipality is located in Frauenfeld District, on the southern slope of the Seerücken hills and north of Müllheim. From 1870 until 1998 the village of Homburg, the hamlet of Hörstetten and Klingenberg Castle formed the municipality of Homburg. After 1999 it merged with the Ortsgemeinde of Gündelhart-Hörhausen and Salen-Reutenen to form the political municipality of Homburg.
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