Franconian Jura

The Franconian Jura is an upland in , , . Located between two rivers, the in the south and the in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to 600 metres and it has an area of some 7053.8 km2.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 546 metres
  • Description: mountains in Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: Fränkische Alb

Places of Interest

Highlights include Deusmauer Moor and St. Maria und Margareta.

Nature reserve
The is a nature reserve near Deusmauer, in the municipality of in the Upper Palatine county of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in the German state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deusmauer and Krondorf.

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Franconian Jura

Latitude
49.25841° or 49° 15′ 30″ north
Longitude
11.60403° or 11° 36′ 15″ east
Elevation
546 metres (1,791 feet)
Open location code
8FXH7J53+9J
Geo­Names ID
2925506
Wiki­data ID
Q669883
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Franconian Jura” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Jura Francón
  • Basque: Frankoniako Jura
  • Bulgarian: Франконска Юра
  • Catalan: Jura de Francònia
  • Cebuano: Fränkische Alb
  • Chinese: 弗兰肯山
  • Czech: Fränkische Alb
  • Czech: Franská Alba
  • Czech: Franský Jura
  • Danish: Frænkische Alb
  • Danish: Fränkische Alb
  • Danish: Frankiske alper
  • Dutch: Fränkische Alb
  • Egyptian Arabic: الفرانكونيه جورا
  • Esperanto: Frankonia Ĵuraso
  • French: Frankenjura
  • French: Jura franconien
  • Georgian: ფრანკონიის ალბი
  • German: Franken Alb
  • German: Frankenalb
  • German: Frankenjura
  • German: Fränkische Alb
  • German: Fränkischer Jura
  • German: Jura
  • Hebrew: פרנקישה אלב
  • Italian: Frankenjura
  • Italian: Giura Francone
  • Japanese: フレンキシェ・アルプ
  • Ladin: Fränkische Alb
  • Latin: Alpes Franconiae
  • Latin: Iura Franconiana
  • Macedonian: Франконска Јура
  • Macedonian: Франконски Алб
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fränkische Alb
  • Norwegian: Fränkische Alb
  • Polish: Frankische Alb
  • Polish: Fränkische Alb
  • Polish: Jura Frankońska
  • Polish: Wyżyna Frankońska
  • Romanian: Frankische Alb
  • Romanian: Fränkische Alb
  • Romanian: Jura Franconiană
  • Russian: Франконская Юра
  • Russian: Франконский Альб
  • Slovak: Franská Jura
  • Slovenian: Frankovska Jura
  • Spanish: Jura de Franconia
  • Spanish: Jura Francon
  • Spanish: Jura Francón
  • Swedish: Frankenalb
  • Swedish: Fränkische Alb
  • Swedish: Fränkischer Jura
  • Ukrainian: Франконський Альб
  • Venetian: Giura Francone
  • Vietnamese: Frankenalb

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ochsenberg and Plankenstein.

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