Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Upper Franconia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Oberfranken Upper Franconia |
|
 Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia |
|
| State | Bavaria |
| District seat | Bayreuth |
| Area | 7,230.19 km² |
| Population | 1,094,525 (31 Dec. 2006) |
| Pop. density | 151 /km² |
| Web page | regierung.oberfranken.bayern.de |
Upper Franconia (German Oberfranken) is a Regierungsbezirk (administrative [Regierungs] region [bezirk]) of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia (See also: Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia, all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern (Bavaria).
Contents |
The administrative region borders on Thuringia (Thüringen) to the north, Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) to the west, Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken) to the south-west, and Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) to the south-east, and Saxony (Sachsen) and the Czech Republic to the east.
Having more than 200 independent breweries which brew approximately 1000 different types of beer Upper Franconia has the highest rate of breweries per capita in the world. There also exists a special franconian beer route (Fränkische Brauereistraße) loosely connecting the places with breweries.
Oberfranken is subdivided into a number of Kreise (districts) and Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns).
Kreise:
Kreisfreie Städte:
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 608,116 |
| 1910 | 661,862 |
| 1939 | 790,151 |
| 1950 | 1,088,721 |
| 1961 | 1,056,087 |
| 1970 | 1,079,131 |
| 1987 | 1,036,576 |
| 2002 | 1,112,655 |
| 2005 | 1,101,390 |
- Official website (in German)