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Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkŋ̍] ⓘ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous and largest city is Nuremberg.
In Middle Franconia, in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg there is a densely populated urban area consisting of Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach with arround 1.4 million inhabitants. Nuremberg is the fourteenth largest city in Germany and the second largest in Bavaria.
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Franconia between 919 and 1125. In the mid-9th century, the Stem Duchy of Franconia emerged, one of the five stem duchies of the East Francian Empire. Present-day Franconia, however, only covers the eastern part of this duchy. Until the 10th century, Franconia also comprised Rhenish or West Franconia.
Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkn̩] ; Main-Franconian: Middlfrangng) is a government region in the Free State of Bavaria. The seat of government is Ansbach . In the area of this region are the cities Nuremberg , Fürth , Erlangen .
Middle Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous city is Nuremberg.
Middle Franconia is where you’ll find the most famous small town in Germany, Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Pass through the ramparts of Rothenburg, on a headland overlooking the River Tauber, and you’ll feel as if you just missed the legendary drinking feat of Bürgermeister Nusch.
Franconia, one of the five great stem, or Stamm (tribal), duchies—the other four being Saxony, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Swabia, and Bavaria—of early medieval Germany.