Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,239.58 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With over 13 million inhabitants, it is second in population only to North Rhine-Westphalia, but due to its large size its population density is below the German average. Bavaria's main cities are Munich, Nuremberg, and Augsburg.
Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia, which are all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern (Bavaria).
Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.
The Bavarian Alps is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria.
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.
Rodach may refer to several locations in southern Germany:
Bad Rodach is a town in the district of Coburg, in Upper Franconia, a north Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, Germany. It is situated 10 km southeast of Hildburghausen, and 17 km northwest of Coburg. Since 1999 the city has been a spa-resort and is reported to have the warmest thermal spring in the North of Bavaria.
Marktzeuln is a municipality in the district of Lichtenfels in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Rodach.
Redwitz an der Rodach is a municipality in the district of Lichtenfels in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Rodach.
The Itz is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany.
Dürrenwaid station is a former railway station on the Rodach Valley railway or Rodachtalbahn in southern Germany. It was built in 1901 at kilometre 23.37, about 3 kilometres outside the village of Dürrenwaid in the area of the market town of Nordhalben in Bavaria.
The Breitengüßbach–Dietersdorf railway was a single-tracked branch line in the province of Upper Franconia in Bavaria, southern Germany. It branched off from the main line from Bamberg to Hof, northeast of Breitengüßbach station, only a few hundred yards after the branch line to Ebern–Maroldsweisach, and headed north into the lower reaches of the Itz valley.
There are six railway stations in the town of Coburg in Bavaria, southern Germany. These include: two passenger stations, three halts and one goods station.
The Haßlach is a river in the Upper Franconian region of Landkreis Kronach in Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Rodach River in the town of Kronach.
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.
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.
Rodach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main, which it joins near Hochstadt am Main. Its largest tributaries are the Wilde Rodach, Haßlach and Steinach.
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.
