there was 1652. The building later served as a plague house and a homeless shelter. The crumbling building complex was torn down in 1786. This leper colony belonged to a network of all together 68 places and 71 colonies evenly scattered all over what is today Hesse. Artworks On 19 May 2005 on Wallstraße in Homberg, a collaborative work by Christina Fiand and Ernst Groß was put up. The artwork, called Die Stelzengänger ("The Stilt Walkers") is a commissioned work by the Town of Homberg and the Kraftstrombezugsgenossenschaft (KBG; Electrical Supply Coöperative). Three figures on stilts more than six metres high peer curiously over the town wall on Wallstraße. The three carved figures are meant to awaken passersby's curiosity about Homberg and get them to have a look behind the town's walls. The same artist created another artwork before the Schwalm-Eder district offices above the Old Graveyard park. Transport Homberg is said to be the only district seat in Germany that is not on the railway network. It belongs, however, to the North Hesse Transport Network. People associated with the town Konrad Mutian (1470-1526), humanist Hans Staden (1525-1576), mercenary and founder of the Brazilian research August Vilmar (1800-1868), theologian Max Hoffmann (1869-1927), diplomat and general Theodor Burchardi (1892-1983), naval officer, last admiral in the Second World War Heinz Jost (1904-1964), SS brigadier, Generalmajor of the police, war criminal Günter Abel (born 1947), philosopher Ulrich Holbein (born 1953), writer, lives near Allmuthshausen Matthias Reim (born 1957), singer Felicitas Woll (born 1980), an actress Tobias Damm (born 1983), footballer References External links Homberg's official website Official website of St. Mary's Parish Church, Homberg (Efze) Burgberggemeinde e.V. Homberg homepage Knights of Hohenburg (in Homberg) Homepage Lutheran youth guesthouse Leper colonies Schwalm-Eder-Kreis