atter - day ▁Sain ts . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁three ▁communities ▁of ▁Muslim s . ▁Cob urg ▁had ▁a ▁large ▁Jewish ▁community ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁Jews ▁had ▁lived ▁there ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century . ▁The ▁old ▁syn agog ue ▁was ▁a ▁former ▁church . ▁Today ▁it ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁Old ▁C athol ics . ▁Cob urg ▁became ▁Protest ant ▁after ▁the ▁Re formation . ▁All ▁C athol ics ▁were ▁per sec uted . ▁A ▁new ▁Catholic ▁community ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁ ▁and ▁Ernst ▁J üng ling ▁established ▁the ▁metal ▁works ▁Max ▁Bro se ▁& ▁Co . ▁to ▁manufact ure ▁car ▁parts . ▁The ▁company ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁operation ▁today , ▁as ▁Bro se ▁Fahr zeug te ile . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁the ▁H aft pf licht - Un ter stüt z ungs - K asse ▁k raft fahr ender ▁Be am ter ▁Deutsch lands ▁a . ▁G . ▁( today ▁) ▁re located ▁from ▁Er furt ▁to ▁Cob urg . ▁H UK ▁is ▁today ▁the ▁largest ▁employ er ▁and ▁largest ▁p ayer ▁of ▁ ▁( local ▁corpor ate ▁tax ) ▁in ▁Cob urg . ▁ ▁K app ▁Werk zeug mas ch inen ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁manufact urer ▁of ▁machines ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁after ▁taking ▁over ▁the ▁production ▁assets ▁of ▁CO MA G ▁( C ob urger ▁Mas ch inen