station Coburg-Creidlitz From the main station one can go to Lichtenfels, Bamberg, Forchheim, Erlangen, Fürth and Nuremberg, to Neustadt bei Coburg, Sonneberg, to Bad Rodach and to Kulmbach, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg. Since December 2017, the Coburg station is served by Intercity Express high speed trains of the Munich-Nuremberg-Coburg-Erfurt-Berlin(-Hamburg) line (Nuremberg–Erfurt high-speed railway). Airports Small planes can land on the two airfields: Coburg Brandensteinsebene (ICAO-Code: EDQC, founded in 1912) Coburg Steinrücken (ICAO-Code: EDQY) Large airports nearby are in Frankfurt, Erfurt and Nuremberg. Local public transport system The public transport system in Coburg is operated by SÜC (Stadt- und Überlandwerke Coburg) with 9 bus lines. The OVF (Omnibus Verkehr Franken) covers Coburg's surrounding countryside with an additional 11 bus lines. Notable people Born in Coburg Before 1900 Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1685–1767), Princess and Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (1710–1767), Duchess of Saxony-Gotha and Altenburg Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787), composer Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737–1815), Austrian field marshal Johann Christian August Clarus (1774–1854), physician Leopold I of Belgium (1790–1865), born to Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, first king of the Belgians Gustav König (1808–1869), painter Prince Albert (1819–1861), husband of Queen Victoria, was born in Schloss Rosenau. William Frishmuth (1830–1893), architect and metallurgist Ernst Marlier (1875–1948), German pharmaceutical manufacturer who built the Wannsee Villa, venue of the Wannsee Conference. Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871), Austrian statesman Fritz Mollwitz (1890–1967), professional baseball player, was born here. Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893) Heinrich Rückert (1823–1875), historian and Germanist Felix Draeseke (1835–1913), composer Max Brückner (1836–1919), theater painter Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848–1894), Princess and Duchess in Bavaria Bernhard Fischer (1852–1915), hygienist Eduard Study (1862–1930), mathematician Anna Ritter (née Nuhn, 1865–1921), poet and writer Otto Appel (1867–1952), phytomedicine doctor Anna Bernhardine Eckstein (1868–1947), champion of world peace Hans Berger (1873–1941), neurologist and psychiatrist Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878–1942), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and a member of the House of Saxony-Coburg and the Gotha family and later by marriage Princess to Hohenlohe-Langenburg Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936), utility graphic artist Fred Immler (1880–1965), actor Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1954), the last Duke of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha After 1900 Hans Morgenthau (1904–1980), jurist and political scientist Kurt Eccarius (1905-died after 1969), head of the detention area in Sachsenhausen concentration camp Ernst Kupfer (1907–1944), fighter pilot in the Second World War Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993), French composer Princess Sibylla of