The Franconian coat of arms

Franconia (German: Franken) is a historic region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria and the area to its immediate west. The name survives in the Bavarian administrative regions of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken), but the original region extended further west to Speyer, Mainz, and Worms (west of the Rhine). Franconia may refer to one of a number of geographical locations: Franconia, a historical region of southern Germany Franconia, New Hampshire Franconia, Virginia Franconia Township, Minnesota Franconia Township, Pennsylvania Franconian Franks Franconia Mennonite Conference Francia Category: ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions), Germany (32 regions). ... Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Wormser Dom Worms (pronounced ) is a city in the southwest of Germany. ... It has been suggested that River Rhine Pollution: November 1986 be merged into this article or section. ...

Franconia was one of the five original "younger" stem duchies that grew up in the Holy Roman Empire in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. The tribal nature of region consisted in that it contained the Frankish territories east of the Rhine. During the Early Middle Ages, the stem duchies formed the major divisions of the eastern Carolingian kingdom (roughly the region of modern Germany). ... This article is about the medieval empire. ... Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ... It has been suggested that River Rhine Pollution: November 1986 be merged into this article or section. ...

Duchy of Franconia

The Holy Roman Empire at the beginning of the Salic dynasty.

Sometime around 906, Conrad of the Conradine dynasty succeeded in establishing his ducal hegemony over Franconia. At the failure of the direct Carolingian male line in 911, Conrad was acclaimed King of the Germans, largely because of his weak position in his own duchy. Franconia, like Alamannia, was not as united as Saxony or Bavaria and the position of duke was often disputed between the chief families. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1785, 901 KB) Summary La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:de. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1785, 901 KB) Summary La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:de. ... This article is about the medieval empire. ... Salian family tree The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four German Kings (1024-1125), also known as the Frankish dynasty after the familys origin and role as dukes of Franconia. ... Conrad I (German: , c. ... The Conradines or Conradiner were a dynasty of Franconian counts and dukes of the 8th to 11th Century, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... The following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany. ... The Duchy of Saxony was a medieval Duchy covering the greater part of Northern Germany. ... The following is a list of rulers of Bavaria: Dukes of Bavaria, 889-1623 Liutpolding Dynasty Liutpold 889-907 Arnulf the Bad 907-937 Eberhard 937 Berthold 938-947 Liudolfing ( Ottonian) Dynasty Henry I 947-955 Henry II the Quarrelsome 955-976 Otto I 976-982 Liutpolding Dynasty Henry III...

Conrad had granted Franconia to his brother Eberhard on his succession; but when Eberhard rebelled against Otto I in 938, he was deposed from his duchy, and, rather than appoint a new duke from his own circle, Otto divided the threatening power of the duchy among the great ecclesiastics with and through whom he ruled, who had remained faithful to his cause: the Bishop of Würzburg and the Abbot of Fulda (939). They were later joined (1008) by a new bishopric erected on former ducal territory: Bamberg. Eberhard (* about 885; † 939), a member of the Conradine dynasty, became duke of Franconia as Eberhard III following the death of his older brother, King Conrad I (or Konrad) in December 918. ... For others with the same name, see Otto I (disambiguation). ... The Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Franconia. ... Fulda (IPA: ) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). ... The Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. ...

Thenceforth the great abbeys and episcopal seats that Saint Boniface and his successors had established in southwestern Germany had a monopoly on temporal office in Franconia, on a par with the counts of lands further west. They had another virtue in the Ottonian scheme: as celibates they were less likely to establish hereditary lineages. By contrast, Otto's son-in-law, Conrad the Red, whom he had installed as Duke of Lorraine in 944, extended his power base in Franconia. For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... Conrad the Red (German: Konrad der Rote) (died 10 August 955) was Duke of Lotharingia and Franconia. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ...

Divided Franconia

In the High Middle Ages, Franconia came to be divided into two distinct regions, though these regions were not coherent territories with distinct governments. Rather, they were culturally different regions which came to be dominated by different political and religious forces and thus came under the de facto "rule" of different bodies. The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, a significant architectural contribution of the High Middle Ages. ...

Rhenish Franconia

Rhenish Franconia (Rheinfranken) was the western half of Franconia, immediately east of the Rhine. It was the heartland of the Salian dynasty, which provided four emperors in the 11th and 12th centuries: Conrad II, Henry III, Henry IV, and Henry V. Rhenish Franconia contained the ancient cities of Mainz, Speyer, and Worms, the latter two being countships within the hands of the descendants of Conrad the Red (the Salians). These counts were sometimes referred to informally, on account of the great power in the region, as dukes of Franconia. Salian family tree The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four German Kings (1024-1125), also known as the Frankish dynasty after the familys origin and role as dukes of Franconia. ... Conrad II (circa 990 - June 4, 1039) was the son of count Henry of Speyer. ... Henry III, from a miniature of 1040. ... Henry IV (November 11, 1050 – August 7, 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084, until his forced abdication in 1105. ... Henry IV (left) and son Henry V (right). ...

Rhenish Franconia was actually governed, however, as a constellation of small states, like the free cities (Frankfurt and Worms), the bishoprics (Mainz, Speyer, and Worms), and the Landgraviate of Hesse. Alongside these powerful entities there were many smaller, petty states. In 1093, the Salian Franconian territories were granted as a fief to the Count Palatine of Aachen, a territory that would evolve into the important German principality of the Rhenish Palatinate. In this way, Rhenish Franconia was divided and extinguished. A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, and usually having sovereignty. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Capital Kassel, Marburg Government Monarchy Landgrave  - 1264 – 1308 Henry I the Child  - 1509 – 1567 Philip I the Magnanimous Historical era Middle Ages, Reformation  - Established 1264  - Disestablished 1567 The Landgraviate of Hesse (German: ) was a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1264 to 1567 when it was divided between the... Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Oche redirects here; in darts the oche is the line from which players must throw. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ...

Eastern Franconia

In 1115, Henry V awarded the territory of Eastern Franconia (Ostfranken) to his nephew Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who used the title "Duke of Franconia." Franconia remained a Hohenstaufen power base until 1168, when the Bishop of Würzburg was formally ceded the ducal rights in Eastern Franconia. The name "Franconia" fell out of usage, but the bishop revived it in his own favour in 1442 and held it until the reforms of Napoleon Bonaparte abolished it. It should be noted that the Bishop of Würzburg was the Duke in Franconia (Herzog in Franken) rather than the Duke of Franconia (Herzog von Franken) during this time. King Conrad III (Cunradus rex) in a 13th-century miniature. ... The Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Franconia. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des...

Modern Franconia

Map of modern Franconia

In 1803, Napoleon incorporated Eastern Franconia into Bavaria, to which it still belongs today. Culturally it is in many ways different from Bavaria proper, however. The ancient name was resurrected in 1837 by Ludwig I of Bavaria. During the Nazi period, Bavaria was broken up into several different Gau, including Franconia and Main-Franconia. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 559 pixelsFull resolution (1180 × 825 pixels, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 559 pixelsFull resolution (1180 × 825 pixels, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (Strasbourg, August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... A Gau (plural Gaue) is a German term for a region within a country, often a (former or actual) province. ...

map of the franconian wine area

While Old Bavaria is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, Franconia is a mixed area. Lower Franconia and the western half of Upper Franconia (Bamberg, Lichtenfels, Kronach) is predominantly Catholic, while most of Middle and the eastern half of Upper Franconia (Bayreuth, Hof, Kulmbach) are predominantly Protestant. The city of Fürth in Middle Franconia historically (before 1933–1938) had a large Jewish population; Henry Kissinger was born there. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 449 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 898 pixels, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) {{Information Author= SeballaOne }} File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 449 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 898 pixels, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) {{Information Author= SeballaOne }} File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Altbayern (also written Altbaiern, English meaning: Old Bavaria) is a term used to describe the three oldest parts of the Free State of Bavaria, which were earlier known as Kurbayern. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... For other uses, see Bamberg (disambiguation). ... There are two towns named Lichtenfels in Germany Lichtenfels, Hesse Lichtenfels, Bavaria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Historical town center of Kronach with the river Hasslach in front Kronach is a town in Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, located in the Frankenwald area. ... Bayreuth [pronounced by-royt] is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. ... Hof is the name of the following places: a city in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof, Germany a district in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof (district) a municipality in Vestfold, Norway : see Hof, Norway a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. ... Kulmbach is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Kulmbach. ... Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. ... South part of the city, seen from the Alte Veste (Zirndorf), 2004 The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ...

The dialect East Franconian German is very different from the Austro-Bavarian language. Most Franconians do not call themselves Bavarians, but their insistence on this point is generally a lighthearted matter in modern times. In fact, Franconians will most likely take umbrage at insults directed at Bavaria. Even if there is no Franconian state, red and white are regarded as state colours (Landesfarben) of Franconia. East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Würzburg and Bayreuth. ... Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. ... State Colours of the Austro-Hungarian states, displayed on their flags. ...

See also

• East Franconian German

East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Würzburg and Bayreuth. ...

External links

• Dukes of Franconia

References

• Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991. ISBN 0-582-49034-0
• Cantor, Norman, The Civilization of the Middle Ages. 1993. ISBN 0-06-017033-6

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