Editing Middle Franconia (section)

==History==
{{see also|Principality of Ansbach}}
{{see also|Imperial City of Nuremberg}}
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After the founding of the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke (singular [[Regierungsbezirk]])), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.

In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of [[German Tyrol|Tyrol]], addition of the [[Palatinate (region)|Palatinate]]), the number of Kreise was reduced to eight. One of these was the [[Rezatkreis]] (Rezat District). In 1837 king [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the district name of Rezatkreis changed to Middle Franconia.