Upper Franconia

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Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) is a part of the German state Bavaria. It has an area of 7,230,00 km² and about 1,200,000 people. It borders the German states of Sachsen and Thuringia, and also the Czech Republic. Bayreuth is its capital.

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[edit] Cities and districts

[edit] Circle-free Cities

  1. Coburg,
  2. Bamberg,
  3. Hof,
  4. Bayreuth.


[edit] Smaller cities

  1. Forchheim,
  2. Kulmbach,
  3. Lichtenfels,
  4. Marktredwitz,
  5. Neustadt bei Coburg
  6. Kronach,
  7. Rödental,
  8. Wunsiedel,
  9. Selb,
  10. Münchberg,
  11. Helmbrechts,
  12. Rehau,
  13. Stadtsteinach,
  14. Bad Staffelstein

[edit] Districts

  1. Coburg
  2. Bamberg
  3. Forchheim
  4. Bayreuth
  5. Lichtenfels
  6. Kronach
  7. Hof
  8. Kulmbach
  9. Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge


[edit] Geography

[edit] Landscapes

  • Coburger Land
  • Fichtelgebirge
  • Franconian Forest
  • Franconian Swizer Land
  • Bavarian Vogtland
  • Franconian Hassberge
  • Obermainisches Bruchschollenland
  • Northern Franconian Alb
  • Regnitveally
  • Münchberger Gneisplatte
  • Steigerforest

[edit] Rivers

  • Main
  • Saale
  • Pegnitz
  • Regnitz
  • Kössein
  • Röden
  • Itz
  • Weismain
  • Wiesent
  • Rodach
  • Kronach
  • Steinach
  • Selbitz
  • Eger
  • Baunach

[edit] Traffic

[edit] Roads

  • A 3
  • A 9/E 51
  • A 70/E 48
  • A 72/E 441
  • A 73
  • A 93
  • B 2
  • B 4
  • B 22
  • B 85
  • B 89
  • B 173
  • B 289
  • B 303/E 48
  • B 470

[edit] Train

Important Lines:

  • München-Nürnberg-Bamberg-Lichtenfels-Saalfeld-Berlin
  • Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Nürnerg-Bayreuth-Chemnitz-Dresden
  • Coburg-Bamberg-Nürnberg
  • Coburg-Neustadt bei Coburg-Sonneberg
  • Würzburg-Bamberg-Nürnberg
  • Würzburg-Bamberg-Bayreuth
  • Regensburg-Hof-Leipzig