Editing Franconia (section)

==== Christianity ====
The proportion of [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] and [[Protestant Church in Germany|Protestants]] among the population of Franconia is roughly the same, but varies from region to region.<ref name="religion">Karten zur Geschichte Bayerns: ''Überwiegend protestantische und überwiegend katholische Gebiete in Franken.'' In: Kirmeier, Josef et al. (ed.): ''200 Jahre Franken in Bayern.'' Aufsatzband zur Landesausstellung 2006, Augsburg, 2006 (Veröffentlichungen zur Bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur 51), see [http://www.hdbg.eu/karten/karten_detail_114.php House of Bavarian History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305204518/http://www.hdbg.eu/karten/karten_detail_114.php |date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Large areas of Middle and Upper Franconia are mainly Protestant.<ref name="religion" />

The [[religious denomination|denominational]] orientation today still reflects the territorial structure of Franconia at the time of the Franconian Circle. For example, regions, that used to be under the care of the bishoprics of Bamberg, Würzburg and Eichstätt, are mainly Catholic today. On the other hand, all former territories of the imperial cities and the margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth have remained mainly Lutheran. The region around the city of [[Erlangen]], which belonged to the Margraviate of Bayreuth, was a refuge for the [[Huguenot]]s who fled there after the [[St Bartholomew's Day massacre]] in France.<ref>Ferdinand Lammers, ''Geschichte der Stadt Erlangen'', Erlangen, 1834 (1997 reprint), pg. 17.</ref>

Following the success of [[the Reformation]] in Nuremberg under [[Andreas Osiander]], it had been an exclusively Protestant imperial city and belonged to the Protestant league of imperial states, the [[Corpus Evangelicorum]], within the ''[[Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire)|Reichstag]]''.<ref name="lex">{{Stadtlexikon Nürnberg}}</ref> Subsequent historical events such as the [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50)|stream of refugees]] after the [[Second World War]] and the increasing mobility of the population has since blurred denominational geographical boundaries, however.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

The influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe has also seen the establishment of an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] community in Franconia. The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Germany, Central and Northern Europe has its headquarters in Nuremberg.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}