Upper Franconia

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Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) is an part of the German state Bavaria. It has an area of 7.230,00 km² and about 1.200.000 Inhabitants. It Borders to the German states Sachsen and Thuringia and also to Tschechien. 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] Not so big Cities

  1. Forchheim,
  2. Kulmbach,
  3. Lichtenfels,
  4. Marktredwitz,
  5. Neustadt bei Coburg
  6. Kronach,
  7. Rödental,
  8. Wunsiedel,
  9. Selb.

[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
  • Kösseine
  • Röden
  • Itz
  • Weismain
  • Wiesent
  • Rodach
  • Kronach
  • Steinach
  • Selbitz
  • Eger

[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