Main Franconia, often called Wine francs is the heart of the Bavarian administrative district Lower Franconia and includes the Franconian wine-growing regions along the Mains.
Regions
- The western slopes of the Steigerwalds with the famous wine town Iphofen, the southern part of the north adjoining Hatred Mountains and also parts of the Steigerwald foreland.
- The Main trianglewho have favourited the river bend between Schweinfurt, Ochsenfurt and Gemünden am Main
- The Main squarewho have favourited the river bend between Gemünden, Wertheim, Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg around the Franconian part of the Spessarts;
- To the Upper course of the Main: see this Upper Mainland in Upper Franconia;
- To the Lower course of the Main: see this Rhine Main Area in Hesse;
places
- 1 Aschaffenburg
- the western "gateway to the Spessart" - 2 Gemünden am Main - Three rivers city
- 3 Iphofen - Renowned wine town with excellently preserved city fortifications
- 4 Karlstadt - Worth seeing old town with many half-timbered houses
- 5 Kitzingen - historic wine trading town on the Main
- 6 Klingenberg - the red wine city on the Main
- 7 Lohr - "Snow White City" and the eastern "Gate to the Spessart";
- 8 Market wide - historical town center with painter's corner and main gate;
- 9 Miltenberg - on the Main, half-timbered gem between Spessart and Odenwald.
- 10 Ochsenfurt - Wine and beer city
- 11 Randersacker - market town and wine town
- 12 Sennfeld - at the Sennfelder Seenkranz
- 13 Sparings - with the district Mainberg
- 14 Sommerhausen - Market and wine village
- 15 Schweinfurt - Industry and art
- 16 Veitshochheim - is known for its castle with rococo garden, the former summer residence of the prince-bishops of Würzburg.
- 17 Volkach - with Riemenschneider's famous "Madonna in the Vineyard"
- 18 Werneck - with the palace construction by Balthasar Neumann
- 19 Wertheim - at the mouth of the Tauber with castle and beautiful old town
- 20 Wurzburg - Bishopric, overlooked by the Marienberg fortress.
- 21 Zeil am Main - with the Abt-Degen-Steig (Abbot Degen brought the Silvaner vine to Franconia).
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background
Mainfranken is the Franconian wine-growing region along the Main from the west side of the Steigerwald to the Lower Maine plain Aschaffenburg.
language
The Main flows through various Franconian language regions, the pronunciation of the river name changes:
- Maa in Upper Franconia,
- Mee in eastern Lower Franconia from Main triangle until Steigerwald and the Hassbergen;
- Maa (duller pronunciation) on Main square;
- Mää in the Aschaffenburg Area,
- Maa (nasal pronunciation) im Frankfurter Room.
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getting there
mobility
The Main is navigable along its entire length in the region.
For information on shipping see in appropriate section in the article on Main.
Tourist Attractions
activities
hike
- Franconian red wine hiking trail · 79 km
To go biking
- On the Main cycle path
Wine festivals
Regular and important wine festivals are (sorted chronologically):
- The Hofgarten Festival in WurzburgAt the beginning of July against the backdrop of the baroque courtyard garden;
- The wine festival in Oberschwarzach takes place on the first weekend in July.
- The Casteller Wine festival takes place on the 3rd and 4th weekend of July.
- The Zeiler Wine festival, always on the 1st weekend in August;
- Franconian wine festival in Volkach, always in mid-August;
- The Abtswinder Wine festival: every Saturday in October;
The Churfranken e.v. offers one Wine festival calendar of events, also in pdf format for printing and downloading. There is also an overview of the Häckerwirtschaften.
kitchen
There is detailed information on Franconian cuisine in general in the separate topic article Eating and drinking in Franconia
- Meefischli are a specialty in Mainfranken. They are small fried fish from the Main. Because of their size, the fish are not gutted (sometimes the head is cut off), rolled in flour and deep-fried. They are available without side dishes or with a mixed salad and tartar sauce. You can also drink a local Franconian wine.
Franconian wine
Franconia is the sixth largest wine-growing region in Germany. The approximately 5500 hectares of vineyards are spread over 17 large sites and 171 individual sites, the approximately 6000 Franconian winegrowers produce 40 million liters of wine annually.
The Franconian wine producers are dominated by the cooperatives and rather small wineries and winegrowers. But then it is interesting that in Wurzburg two of the three largest wineries in Germany are located.
The trademark for Franconian wine is Bocksbeutel: the shape as a wine container is documented as an earthenware flat-ball bottle for the time of the Celts around 1400 BC, one example can be found in the Main Franconian Museum can be visited in Würzburg. Further evidence for the Bocksbeutel can be found in the foundation relief of the Juliusspital from 1576, a first protection provision by the Würzburg city council dates from 1726. Originally the Würzburger Stein was bottled in the Bocksbeutel, later other Franconian wines as well. According to the Franconian winemakers' self-restriction, it only contains quality wines with at least 72 degrees Öchsle. Simpler wines are bottled in normal liter bottles in Franconia. Franconian wines are traditionally produced dry,
The origin of the name "Bocksbeutel" is unclear, one theory derives from the "bug" for the belly, according to another theory from the scrotum of the buck.
Grape varieties:
- Müller-Thurgau: Bred in 1882 by Professor Hermann Müller from the Swiss canton of Thurgau, a "Schoppenwein" with 50% share of Franconian wine production. The Müller-Thurgau grapevine has a strong relationship with Franconia: Hermann Muller studied from 1872 at the Botanical Institute of University of Würzburg with Julius Sachs, who was a botanist at the time, where he also received his doctorate in 1874: two more years as Professor Sachs' assistant followed, during which time he worked on the topic of frost resistance, especially of wine buds.
- The Silvaner- Vine is the most typical Franconian grape variety and is one of the oldest vines still cultivated today. The Silvaner probably came to Germany from the Danube region in the 17th century. It is documented that it was first planted in Germany in Castell in 1659. A few years later, in 1665, Alberich Degen, the abbot of Ebrach Monastery, planted a Silvaner vine for the first time in the "Würzburger Stein" vineyard. The main cause was a worsening of the climate at that time as the beginning of a "little ice age". According to the latest genetic engineering studies, the frost-resistant Silvaner is a cross between Traminer and Austrian white, the proportion of Franconian wine is around 22%.
- Ortega is a cross between the grape varieties Müller-Thurgau and Sieger and was founded in 1948 in Würzburg by Dr. Hans Breider, she is named after the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset. With a cultivation area of a good 20 hectares, the vine is of little importance, with a further downward trend. Ortega is an early ripening white grape variety with rather low yields and high must content for sweet wines, high-quality Auslese and aperitif wines with an intense bouquet. Ortega is also sensitive to parasite infestation and therefore labor-intensive. Because of the high alcohol content, the throat can sometimes be smacked.
nightlife
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climate
literature
- : From apple pancakes to Zämata: Mainfranken as it cooks. Real one, 2010, ISBN 978-3429032647 ; 136 pages.
- : Golden fish. Enjoyment from Main Franconian waters. Real one, 2006, ISBN 978-3429028015 ; 143 pages.
Web links
- Tourism Association Franconia e. V. www.frankentourismus.de ;
- Franconian Wine Country Tourism Association www.fraenkisches-weinland.de ;
- Weinbauring Franken e.V .: www.weinbauring.de;
