Homburg is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Between 1651 and 1798, Muri Abbey held the Herrschaft rights and they granted the low court to their governor who lived at the castle.

In the 19th century livestock, dairy farming and fruit production began to replace agriculture.

Despite the a small industry base, Herzog Küchen AG, and the construction of some houses Homburg has remained a farming village.

[3] Homburg has an area, as of 2009[update], of 24.15 square kilometers (9.32 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in Frauenfeld District, on the southern slope of the Seerücken hills and north of Müllheim.

After 1999 it merged with the Ortsgemeinde of Gündelhart-Hörhausen and Salen-Reutenen to form the political municipality of Homburg.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.9%), with Albanian being second most common (0.8%) and Portuguese being third (0.3%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Homburg is; 148 children or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 214 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.28% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 548 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.1%.

[14] The historical population is given in the following table:[15] The hamlet of Gündelhart is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 588 or 41.1% were Roman Catholic, while 654 or 45.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[8] Homburg is home to the Homburg-Hörstetten primary school district.

The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and lasts for 6 years.

At the lower primary level, there are 16 children or 57.1% of the total population who are female, 5 or 17.9% are not Swiss citizens.