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Middle Franconia

Middle Franconia is the southernmost, central and most urbanized part of in Germany. Its heart is the urbanized area around Nuremberg Fürth and Erlangen but there are also delightful Bierkeller or natural attractions in its rural parts.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Nuremberg and Erlangen.

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is 's largest city, and its undisputed economic, social and cultural centre. The city lies on the Pegnitz River and the Main-Danube Canal.

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is a city of 120,000 people in , . It is home to most of the Friedrich-Alexander University and the Siemens company. It grew as a result of settlement of Huguenot refugees from France, and because it was the secondary residence of the margraves of Ansbach Bayreuth.

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is a city in , in the region of . It is right next to . Unlike Nuremberg, suffered only a few air raids in World War II, so most buildings were untouched.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ansbach and Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

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is the administrative capital of Middle Franconia, largely due to having been a residence of the Margraves of Ansbach-Bayreuth in the past. At roughly 42,000 inhabitants, it is by far not the largest city in Middle Franconia.

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is a town along the in , , about halfway in between Frankfurt and Munich. It is best known for its medieval town centre, seemingly untouched by the passage of time, encircled by the undamaged 14th-century town wall.

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is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near in the centre of the region of in the north of . Together with the neighboring cities of , and , forms one of the three metropolitan areas in Bavaria.

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is a small town in famous for being the headquarters of two major sportswear companies. The town also boasts a relatively intact historical old town due to being too unimportant to be bombed during World War II.

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is a town of 12,000 people in Mittelfranken. It has escaped both wars and overzealous city planners with its old town largely intact. It has therefore come to be considered a stop along the .

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is in Middle Franconia. in the Altmühltal Nature Park between the Brombachsee and the Altmühl valley in the Franconian Lake District. Today, the historic townscape with the largely preserved city wall, the Gothic town hall, the town church and the Ellinger Gate bear witness to its time as a trading town and its proximity to wealthy Nuremberg.

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is a town of 12,000 people in Middle Franconia. The town is known for its waters and spa, Franken-Therme, and an open-air museum.

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is a town of some 26,000 people in Middle Franconia. It is at the northern edge of the , and can serve as an entry-point into the region. One of its main claims to fame is the "Challenge Roth" Triathlon held every year.

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is a town in the district, in , Germany. It is situated on the river , 19 kilometres northwest of , and 45 kilometres southwest of .

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is a town east of , . It is the capital of the district in . It is in the river valley, which flows through the town.

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is a small town with around 2,000 inhabitants in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.

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Stein, also referred to as "Stein bei Nürnberg", is a city in in the county of Fürth. It borders to the south. Stein had about 14,000 inhabitants in 2019.

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The is to the south-west of in . The Lake District comprises 7 lakes and several “waters”.

Middle Franconia

Latitude of center
49.3333° or 49° 20′ north
Longitude of center
10.8333° or 10° 50′ east
Population
1,800,000
Elevation
401 metres (1,316 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2870736
Wiki­data ID
Q10551
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Middle Franconia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mittelfranken”
  • Arabic: “فرانكونيا الوسطى”
  • Arabic: “فرنكونيا الوسطى”
  • Arabic: “محافظة فرنكونيا الوسطى”
  • Aragonese: “Franconia Meya”
  • Armenian: “Միջին Ֆրանկոնիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Frankoniya”
  • Basque: “Frankonia Erdikoa”
  • Bavarian: “Middlfrankn”
  • Belarusian: “Сярэдняя Франконія”
  • Bulgarian: “Средна Франкония”
  • Catalan: “Mittelfranken”
  • Cebuano: “Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken”
  • Chinese: “中弗兰肯行政区”
  • Chuvash: “Вăта Франкони”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Orta Frankoniya”
  • Czech: “Střední Franky”
  • Danish: “Mittelfranken”
  • Dutch: “Bezirk Mittelfranken”
  • Dutch: “Middel-Franken”
  • Dutch: “Mittelfranken”
  • Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Frankonio”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Frangimaa ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Frangimaa”
  • Finnish: “Mittelfranken”
  • French: “district de Moyenne-Franconie”
  • French: “District de Moyenne-Franconie”
  • French: “Moyenne-Franconie”
  • Galician: “Franconia Media”
  • German: “Bezirk Mittelfranken”
  • German: “Mittelfranken (Bezirk)”
  • German: “Mittelfranken”
  • German: “Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken”
  • German: “Rezatkreis”
  • Greek: “Μέση Φρανκονία”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mittelfranken”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Frankföld”
  • Indonesian: “Mittelfranken”
  • Interlingue: “Medie Franconia”
  • Italian: “Distretto della Media Franconia”
  • Italian: “Distretto governativo della Media Franconia”
  • Italian: “Media Franconia”
  • Japanese: “ミッテルフランケン”
  • Japanese: “ミッテルフランケン県”
  • Japanese: “ミッテルフランケン行政管区”
  • Korean: “미텔프랑켄현”
  • Kurdish: “Frankonyaya Navîn”
  • Latin: “Provincia Franconia Media”
  • Latvian: “Vidusfrankonija”
  • Lombard: “Média Francònia”
  • Low German: “Middelfranken”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mëttelfranken”
  • Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Mëttelfranken”
  • Macedonian: “Средна Франконија”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mittelfranken”
  • Northern Sami: “Mittelfranken (ráđđehusdistrikta)”
  • Northern Sami: “Mittelfranken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mittelfranken”
  • Norwegian: “Mittelfranken”
  • Ossetian: “Астæуккаг Франкони”
  • Persian: “فرانکن وسطی”
  • Polish: “Środkowa Frankonia”
  • Portuguese: “Média Francónia”
  • Portuguese: “Mittelfranken”
  • Romanian: “Franconia Mijlocie”
  • Romanian: “Mittelfranken”
  • Russian: “Средняя Франкония”
  • Serbian: “Средња Франконија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Srednja Frankonija”
  • Slovenian: “Srednja Frankonija”
  • Slovenian: “Srednja Frankovska”
  • Slovenian: “Srednje Frankovsko”
  • Spanish: “Franconia Media”
  • Swedish: “Mittelfranken”
  • Tajik: “Франкони Миёна”
  • Tajik: “Франконияи Миёна”
  • Tatar: “Урта Франкония”
  • Thai: “มิทเทิลฟรังเคิน”
  • Turkish: “Orta Frankonya”
  • Ukrainian: “Середня Франконія”
  • Urdu: “فرینکونیا وسطی”
  • Vietnamese: “Mittelfranken”
  • Welsh: “Franconia Canol”
  • “Mittelfranken”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Middle Franconia”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC0.