The Greater Nuremberg belongs to Middle Franconia and includes the area around the cities of Nuremberg, Schwabach, Erlangen and Fürth.
places
- 1 gain
- the university town - 2 Wet - Because of its location in the middle of the Reichswald, the market in the green is also called. The place is known for the formerly operated Zeidelwesen (beekeeping).
- 3 Fuerth - with the Michaelis parish fair, Bavaria's largest street parish fair
Margravial Castle in Erlangen
Tucherschloss in Feucht
Fuerth
- 4 Nuremberg - the center of the region, with the castle
- 5 Schwabach - Gold bat town
- 6 stone - the city of pencils
- 7 Zirndorf - with the Playmobil fun park
Holy Spirit Hospital in Nuremberg
Schwabach
stone
Princely house in Zirndorf
Other goals
Garlic country
Knoblauchsland is the name given to the villages north of Nuremberg, in the middle of the Nuremberg-Fürth triangle, including:
- Schniegling,
- Wetzendorf,
- Clay,
- Book,
- Powerhouse, with its fortified church
- Neunhof,
- Boxing village
- Großgründlach.
It is one of the largest contiguous vegetable growing areas and supplies surrounding areas with fresh vegetables.
The fortified church is the landmark of Kraftshof
Cabbage heads are watered
Lettuce plants in rank and file
Northern Nuremberg area
These places are located north of Nuremberg and are popularly popularly known as Franconian Switzerland added, although they are still in Middle Franconia. The places are in the districts of Nürnberger Land and Erlangen-Höchstadt.
- Eckental -
- Heroldsberg -
- Run on the Pegnitz -
- Marloffstein - a district of Uttenreuth
- Rückersdorf (Middle Franconia)
background
The greater Nuremberg area was formerly known as the city triangle Nuremberg / Fürth / Erlangen. Today we often speak of the Nuremberg metropolitan region, but this goes from Franconian Lake District in the south to after Upper Franconia in the north and from Kitzingen in the west to after Willows in the Upper Palatinate in the East.
language
getting there
By plane
The region's international airport is the 
Nuremberg Airport (IATA: NUE) 
In the street
The motorways cross around Nuremberg 
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mobility
The area is part of the transport network for the greater Nuremberg area VGN.
The German toy route and the Castle Road cross the area in a north-south direction.
Tourist Attractions
- The Sebalder Reichswald is the part of the Nuremberg Reichswald north of the Pegnitz. The Lorenzer Reichswald connects to the south. Local recreation area of the Nuremberg residents with many forest trails for hiking, jogging and cycling.
- The Forest Tennenlohe is part of the Sebalder Reichswald.
- Ofenlochberg and Dornberg are the highest elevations in the forest at 335 m each.
- The Tennenloher Forest nature reserve was designated on the former military training area of the United States Army.
- In an 85 hectare enclosure in the nature reserve, an attempt is made to Przewalski horses to settle.
- in the Buckenhofer Forest there is a wild boar enclosure.
- The Winter line is the highest point in the Dormitz Forest, southwest of Dormitz.
activities
- The land is largely flat and lends itself to Bike tours at.
Regular events
- Bergkirchweih: The Erlanger mountain church fair takes place every year from the Thursday before Pentecost and lasts 12 days. In 2005 it was the 250th anniversary. The Erlanger Bergkirchweih is a major event and one of the largest German folk festivals. Around a small elevation in the city of Erlangen, where beer was previously stored in the Bergstollen, numerous open-air beer gardens and some tents with live music will be set up during the festival. Visitors from near and far meet here, but many former Erlangen university students also use the days to visit their old homeland. During the time in the The mountain calls many pubs and restaurants are only open when the mountain closes in the evening. Traveling by car is not advisable.
- The Fürth Michaelis parish fair is Bavaria's largest street parish fair, the highlights are the parish fair street run and the harvest festival procession, and the shops are open on both parish fair Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The opening times of the parish fair are on working days from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- The Long Night of Science takes place every two years on a Saturday in October from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. For young scientists from 4 years of age there is a children's program between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. More than 300 institutions in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen are involved. The visitor is offered guided tours through facilities, exhibitions, lectures and experiments. The admission price is € 12, reduced € 8, the ticket can also be used as a ticket in the entire VGN network. Next appointment on Saturday, October 22, 2011
kitchen
The Franconian snack is often called Vespers designated.
- Nuremberg sausages they are shortest with a length of 7 to 9 cm. They are typically in the dozen (12) or half a dozen (6) or as the smallest unit Three in the Weggla eaten.
- You can get them around Nuremberg Franconian sausagesAt 12-16 cm, they are significantly larger and also thicker than the Nuremberg ones, which are only allowed to be produced in the city of Nuremberg. The coarsely twisted pork sausage meat tastes more like Mayoran, although every butcher has his own recipe. Usually you get three pieces on the plate.
Nuremberg sausages with sauerkraut and black bread
Three in the Weggla
Franconian sausages around Nuremberg
Bratwurst jelly
- Schäuferla is an oven-baked pork shoulder with crispy bacon rind is served with dumplings and a dark beer sauce.
- Nuremberg gwerch is a sausage salad in the Nuremberg area. There is no single recipe. The basis is the ox mouth salad; the other ingredients vary and are often white and red press sacks, city sausage, etc. It is served with a vinegar-oil marinade and bread.
Schäuferla
Nuremberg gwerch
- One carp, baked in batter or blue, is only served in the months of September to April, with a salad.
- The asparagus comes from the Knoblauchsland, the local agricultural growing area around Fürth. Served warm with butter or hollandaise sauce. Or cold as an asparagus salad. In addition, potatoes and, if you are really hungry, boiled ham or sausages. The season runs from April to the solstice.
Baked carp
Asparagus with melted butter
nightlife
The nightlife takes place mainly in the cities of Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen.
literature
- ; Franconian day book publisher (Ed.): Metropolitan Region Nuremberg Adventure Guide - 1000 destinations for leisure and vacation. 2011, ISBN 978-3-936897-87-6 , P. 672.
- : Gastronomy in S.E.N.F: The best 100 restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars in Schwabach, Erlangen, Nuremberg and Fürth. Carl, Nuremberg, Dec 2009, ISBN 978-3418001203 , P. 213.
