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Franconia
After the breakdown of the Roman border security
Salian Franks and
Rhine Franks expanded isolated to the south.
The Merovingian
Clovis united the Frankish tribes
and created the Frankish Empire.
The Frankish kingdom experienced its greatest expansion under the Carolingian
Charlemagne. Called the "Father of Europe" (pater Europae), Charlemagne united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. His rule spurred the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of energetic cultural and intellectual activity within the Church. Both the French and German monarchies considered their kingdoms to be descendants of Charlemagne's empire.
From the 10th century the Duchy of Franconia was formed.
The Franconian Circle from 1500 included only the eastern part of the historical Duchy of Franconia.
By connecting Bavaria with the Napoleonic France, most of the Franconian Circle fell in 1806 to Bavaria.
In the Act of Confederation (Rheinbundakte), the zoning was enshrined.
Today, the term Franconia (German: Franken) commonly refers to the eastern part of the historic Duchy of Franconia in Germany, mainly represented by the Bavarian administrative districts of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken, capital city: Würzburg), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken, capital city: Ansbach), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken, capital city: Bayreuth). Due to the respective local East Franconian German dialects, the adjacent northeastern parts of the Heilbronn-Franken region in Baden-Württemberg, parts of Thuringia south of the Rennsteig ridge, and a small part of Hesse (Gersfeld) also count as Franconian regions. The two largest cities of Franconia are Nuremberg and Würzburg. Though located on the southeastern periphery of the area, the Nuremberg metropolitan area is often identified as the economic and cultural centre of Franconia. Franconia (just like France) is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks. This tribe played a major role after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and colonised large parts of medieval Europe.
Bamberg
Bayreuth
Franconian Switzerland
Hohenlohe
Nuremberg
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Würzburg
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Bayreuth
Franconian Switzerland
Hohenlohe Franken
Nürnberg
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Würzburg
Burg Abenberg
Fränkischer Rechen
Ansbach
Aschaffenburg
Bad Kissingen
Bad Mergentheim
Deutschordensschloß
Bad Windsheim
Veste Coburg
Crailsheim
Dinkelsbühl
Ellingen Deutschordensschloss
Feuchtwangen
Gräfenberg
In this house in 1866 in the night of 30 at 31 July between Bavaria and the North German Confederation by the Bavarian Lieutenant Rath with Grand Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ceasefire was agreed.
Heilsbronn
Heilbronn
Henneburg Henneberg
Hof
Kronach Festung Rosenberg
Kulmbach Plassenburg
Münnerstadt
Meiningen
Neustadt an der Aisch
Schwäbisch Hall
Schweinfurt
Staffelberg
Staffelstein
Tauberbischofsheim
Weißenburg
Wertheim
Windsbach
Wolframs-Eschenbach
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