Middle Franconia - Mittelfranken

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Middle Franconia
CapitalAnsbach
Residents1.719.494 (31.12.2011)
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Middle Franconia is an administrative district in Franconian part Bavaria.

Regions

Map of Middle Franconia

The Middle Franconia administrative region consists of the five independent cities Ansbach, Erlangen, Fürth, Nuremberg, Schwabach, and the following seven Counties: Ansbach, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Fürth, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Nürnberger Land, Roth and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.

The Middle Franconia district is administratively the third municipal level in Bavaria as a representation of the municipalities and districts, the district is identical to the area of ​​the government district.

The seat of the administration of the administrative district and the district is Ansbach.

Major tourist regions are:

places

  • 1 AnsbachWebsite of this institutionAnsbach in the encyclopedia WikipediaAnsbach in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAnsbach (Q14859) in the Wikidata database - Residence town and seat of the government of Middle Franconia
  • 2 Bad WindsheimWebsite of this institutionBad Windsheim in the encyclopedia WikipediaBad Windsheim in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBad Windsheim (Q132278) in the Wikidata database - with the historic old town and the Franconian open air museum
  • 3 CadolzburgWebsite of this institutionCadolzburg in the encyclopedia WikipediaCadolzburg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCadolzburg (Q522025) in the Wikidata database - Market town with an important castle in the Fürth district
  • 4 DinkelsbühlWebsite of this institutionDinkelsbühl in the encyclopedia WikipediaDinkelsbühl in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDinkelsbühl (Q491743) in the Wikidata database - Medieval idyll with an almost completely preserved medieval town center, which is completely surrounded by a city wall.

  • The Martin-Luther-Platz in Ansbach

  • The town hall in Bad Windsheim

  • The Nördlinger Tor in Dinkelsbühl

  • 5 gainWebsite of this institutionObtained in the Wikipedia encyclopediaObtained in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsErlangen (Q3126) in the Wikidata database - Huguenot, university and Siemens city
  • 6 WetWebsite of this institutionFeucht in the encyclopedia WikipediaFeucht in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMoist (Q512293) in the Wikidata database - in the middle of the Nuremberg Reichswald
  • 7 Wet cheeksWebsite of this institutionFeuchtwangen in the encyclopedia WikipediaFeuchtwangen in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsFeuchtwangen (Q502418) in the Wikidata database - an art historian referred to the Feuchtwanger market square as Banquet hall of Franconia with old town houses that are well worth seeing
  • 8 FuerthWebsite of this institutionFürth in the encyclopedia WikipediaFürth in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsFürth (Q3075) in the Wikidata database - Science city with a parish fair tradition

  • Erlangen, margravial castle

  • The Tucherschloss in Feucht

  • The market place of Feuchtwangen

  • The old town of Fürth

  • 9 GredingWebsite of this institutionGreding in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGreding in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsGreding (Q534651) in the Wikidata database - Resort with a historic old town
  • 10 GunzenhausenWebsite of this institutionGunzenhausen in the encyclopedia WikipediaGunzenhausen in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsGunzenhausen (Q503640) in the Wikidata database - Resort at Altmühlsee in the Franconian Lake District
  • 11 HeideckWebsite of this institutionHeideck in the encyclopedia WikipediaHeideck in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHeideck (Q502445) in the Wikidata database - Directly between Roth and Brombachsee
  • 12 HeilsbronnWebsite of this institutionHeilsbronn in the encyclopedia WikipediaHeilsbronn in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHeilsbronn (Q427153) in the Wikidata database - with a former Cistercian monastery

  • The market place of Greding

  • Gunzenhausen's market square

  • The market square in Heideck

  • 13 HerriedenWebsite of this institutionHerrieden in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHerrieden in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHerrieden (Q628190) in the Wikidata database - at the upper Altmühl with its city palace
  • 14 HersbruckWebsite of this institutionHersbruck in the encyclopedia WikipediaHersbruck in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHersbruck (Q502865) in the Wikidata database - In the middle of the Hersbrucker Switzerland
  • 15 HerzogenaurachWebsite of this institutionHerzogenaurach in the encyclopedia WikipediaHerzogenaurach in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHerzogenaurach (Q1615401) in the Wikidata database - world famous for adidas and puma, good place for factory sales
  • 16 HilpoltsteinWebsite of this institutionHilpoltstein in the encyclopedia WikipediaHilpoltstein in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHilpoltstein (Q521132) in the Wikidata database -
  • 17 LangenzennWebsite of this institutionLangenzenn in the encyclopedia WikipediaLangenzenn in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLangenzenn (Q2230) in the Wikidata database -

  • The old town of Hersbruck

  • The main street in Herzogenaurach

  • The Hilpoltstein Castle

  • The Prinzregentenplatz in Langenzenn

  • Half-timbered house in Lauf an der Pegnitz

  • Atzelsberg Castle in Marloffstein

  • The town hall of Neustadt an der Aisch

  • Veldenstein Castle in Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

  • 22 NurembergWebsite of this institutionNuremberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaNuremberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsNuremberg (Q2090) in the Wikidata database - the metropolis of the region, with the castle
  • 23 OberasbachWebsite of this institutionOberasbach in the encyclopedia WikipediaOberasbach in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOberasbach (Q504751) in the Wikidata database -
  • 24 PappenheimWebsite of this institutionPappenheim in the encyclopedia WikipediaPappenheim in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsPappenheim (Q503763) in the Wikidata database - in the Altmühlschleife
  • 25 RothWebsite of this institutionRoth in the encyclopedia WikipediaRoth in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRoth (Q504019) in the Wikidata database -

  • The Imperial Castle in Nuremberg

  • Oberasbach

  • Pappenheim Castle

  • Roth's market square

  • 26 Rothenburg ob der TauberWebsite of this institutionRothenburg ob der Tauber in the encyclopedia WikipediaRothenburg ob der Tauber in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRothenburg ob der Tauber (Q153494) in the Wikidata database - the symbol of medieval Germany, with a well-seen, completely preserved, historic city center, countless souvenir shops and an immense influx of visitors
  • 27 SchwabachWebsite of this institutionSchwabach in the encyclopedia WikipediaSchwabach in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSchwabach (Q14889) in the Wikidata database - The gold beater town
  • 28 stoneWebsite of this institutionStein in the Wikipedia encyclopediaStein in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsStein (Q522045) in the Wikidata database - the city of pencils
  • 29 ThalmassingWebsite of this institutionThalmässing in the encyclopedia WikipediaThalmässing in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsThalmässing (Q527361) in the Wikidata database -

  • Old town romance in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

  • Town hall and town church in Schwabach

  • The Faber-Castell castle in stone

  • 30 VeldenWebsite of this institutionVelden in the encyclopedia WikipediaVelden in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsVelden (Q558589) in the Wikidata database - small picturesque town in the Pegnitztal
  • 31 SupplyWebsite of this institutionVorra in the encyclopedia WikipediaFirst in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsVorra (Q554134) in the Wikidata database - in the Pegnitztal
  • 32 Weißenburg in BavariaWebsite of this institutionWeißenburg in Bayern in the encyclopedia WikipediaWeißenburg in Bayern in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsWeißenburg in Bayern (Q44500) in the Wikidata database - former Roman and imperial city
  • 33 ZirndorfWebsite of this institutionZirndorf in the encyclopedia WikipediaZirndorf in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsZirndorf (Q72977) in the Wikidata database - with the Playmobil fun park

  • Velden

  • The Marienkirche in Vorra

  • The old town hall in Weißenburg in Bavaria,

  • The old castle in Zirndorf

Other goals

  • The 1 HesselbergHesselberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaHesselberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHesselberg (Q880238) in the Wikidata database - At Wassertrüdingen, at 689.4 m, is the highest point in Middle Franconia and the only mountain in Franconia that offers a view of the Alps

  • Hesselberg from the southwest

  • Great Brombachsee

background

The Greater Nuremberg in the center of Middle Franconia was formerly known as the city triangle of Nuremberg / Erlangen / Fürth. 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.

In Bavarian communities with predominantly members of the Catholic Church is according to the law Assumption Day (August 15) a public holiday. This applies to all municipalities in Old Bavaria and to around half of the Franconian municipalities. For planned activities and shopping, you should inquire beforehand whether there is a public holiday at the holiday destination.

language

For more information on the Franconian dialect in the Nuremberg area, see also Franconian dictionary in the Frankenwiki.

getting there

By plane

  • The Nuremberg Airport is the connection to the most important German and European airports.

In the street

The following motorways run through or to Middle Franconia:

  • A3Autobahn 3 (Frankfurt / Main) - Würzburg - Nuremberg - (Passau - Vienna)
  • A6Autobahn 6 (Heilbronn) - Ansbach - Nuremberg - (Amberg - Waidhaus - Pilsen)
  • A7Autobahn 7 (Hamburg - Würzburg) - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - (Ulm - Füssen)
  • A9Autobahn 9 (Berlin) - Nuremberg - (Munich)
  • A73Highway 73 Nuremberg - Fürth - Erlangen - (Bamberg - Coburg - Erfurt)

By train

The following railway lines run through or to Middle Franconia via Nuremberg:

  • Nuremberg - Treuchtlingen - Augsburg
  • Nuremberg - Bamberg (Lichtenfels, Leipzig and Berlin)
  • Nuremberg - Ansbach - Crailsheim (Stuttgart)
  • Nuremberg - Pegnitz (Bayreuth or Cheb)
  • Nuremberg - Regensburg (Passau, Vienna)
  • Nuremberg - Schwandorf (Furth im Wald, Prague)
  • Nuremberg - Würzburg (Frankfurt am Main, Hanover)
  • Nuremberg - Ingolstadt - Munich (new ICE line from Nuremberg to Ingolstadt along Autobahn 9)

mobility

The OVF - Omnibusverkehr Franken runs throughout Middle Franconia, details about routes, timetables and prices can be found on the Internet OVF. In the Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen area, the OVF is in the Transport association for the greater Nuremberg area VGN involved.

The German toy route runs from the north, coming from Franconian Switzerland, to Schwabach Castle Road leads across Middle Franconia, from castle to castle.

Tourist Attractions

The Sinwell Tower of the Imperial Castle
  • Imperial Castle, in Nuremberg.
  • Old town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
  • Former Nazi party rally grounds, in Nuremberg. And the associated documentation center.
  • Old town and wine market, in Dinkelsbühl.
  • Franconian open air museum, in Bad Windsheim.
  • Castle and Castle Garden, in gain.

activities

Significant, regular events

  • The Bergkirchweih in gain takes place every year from the Thursday before Pentecost and lasts 12 days.
  • The Michaelis parish fair in Fuerth is Bavaria's largest street church fair, the highlights are the church fair street run and the harvest festival parade.
  • The Long Night of Science takes place every two years on a Saturday in October in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen.
  • The Christmas market in Nuremberg is one of the most famous Christmas markets in the world on the main market from the Friday before the first Advent until December 23rd.

kitchen

There is detailed information on Franconian cuisine in general in the separate topic article Eating and drinking in Franconia, to the beer Breweries in Franconia and to liquor in Distilleries in Franconia.

  • The Nuremberg sausages are known worldwide. It is typically in the dozen (12) or half a dozen (6) or as the smallest unit Three in the Weggla eaten.
  • The Schäufele is the pig's shoulder blade. The meat is cooked in the oven, complete with the shoulder blade bone and the fat rind. A dark gravy and potato dumplings are served with it. In Franconia, the high back will be Mirror carp preferred, which can be traced back to the eating habits of the monks in the Middle Ages.
  • He is well known Aischgründer carp. Traditionally there are carp in months with one R. on behalf of, from September to April. Mainly served with beer batter baked in fat or in a fish stock as Carp blue.

  • Nuremberg sausages

  • Shovel with a crispy crust

  • Carp baked with a mixed salad

security

health

  • nationwide On-call number 116 117 (free of charge)

climate

literature

  • Harald Schieder, Ralph Forster: Beer guide Middle Franconia: All breweries - all beers. Carl, Nuremberg, 2010, ISBN 978-3418001210 , P. 200.
  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes (author): Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia. Hofmann, 2003, ISBN 978-3871911866 ; 200 pages. approx. 39.-

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