Franconia is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect . Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian—and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Hof is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Wunsiedel, Bayreuth, Kulmbach and Kronach, the states of Thuringia and Saxony, and the Czech Republic. The city of Hof is an enclave within the district, as well as being the district's administrative seat.
Rhön-Grabfeld is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse and Thuringia.
Bavarians are an ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region, a state within Germany. The group's dialect or speech is known as the Bavarian language, native to Altbayern, roughly the territory of the Electorate of Bavaria in the 17th century.
The Duchy of Bavaria was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century. It was settled by Bavarian tribes and ruled by dukes (duces) under Frankish overlordship. A new duchy was created from this area during the decline of the Carolingian Empire in the late ninth century. It became one of the stem duchies of the East Frankish realm which evolved as the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire.
Southern Germany is a region of Germany that included the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, which includes the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia in present-day Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern portion of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate that were part of the Duchy of Franconia.
The Itz is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany.
The Selbitz is a river of Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany.
The Bavarian Rhön Nature Park straddles the junction of the German states of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia. 70 km2 of the total 125 km2 area of the nature park has been recognised by UNESCO as part of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve.
The organisation for the promotion of the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park was founded in 1967. On 26 November 1982 the regulation for the Naturpark Bayerische Rhön was issued and, in 1997, the Zweckverband became the Society for the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park and Biosphere Reserve.
Effelder is a 17 km (11 mi) tributary river of the Itz in the districts of Sonneberg (Thuringia) and Coburg (Bavaria). It flows into the Froschgrundsee, which is drained by the Itz, near Schönstädt.
Milz is a river of Bavaria and of Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Franconian Saale in Saal an der Saale.
Röthen is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. It passes through Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg, and flows into the Itz near Rödental.
The Streu is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany.
Steinach is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is near Neuhaus am Rennweg, and it flows to the south, passing through the towns Steinach and Sonneberg. It is a right tributary of the Rodach, which it joins near Redwitz an der Rodach.
Kupferbach is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. It is a tributary of the Tannbach near Töpen.
Rodach is a river of Bavaria and of Thuringia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Itz near Itzgrund. It passes through Bad Rodach.
Tannbach is a brook that is 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) long in north-east Bavaria and southern Thuringia, Germany.
The Loquitz is a river in Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Saale in Kaulsdorf (Saale).
Thüringische Muschwitz is a river on the border of Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Selbitz near Lichtenberg.
The Lange Berge are a small range of the German Central Uplands, up to 527.2 m above sea level (NN), which lie mainly in the Bavarian provinces of Upper Franconia with northwestern foothills in Thuringia.
