Wow, interesting! Though I travel a lot, I've never been to Coburg - would you advice me to see something specific if I would get there sometime?
As you probably know by now, I'm still living in Germany (sigh...), I grew up in a small town close to the Ruhrgebiet ... or rather Ruhrpott, lol! I'm currently living in Essen, though it's more like a home base and I'm away quite often. My mother grew up in the Black Forest, and my grandparents came from East Prussia, Pomerania and Berlin ... it's quite an interesting (though not easy) story and I'm actually working on telling it.