Editing Middle Franconia

{{distinguish|Middle Francia}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Middle Franconia
| native_name        = {{native name|de|Mittelfranken}}
| native_name_lang   = 
| settlement_type    = [[Regierungsbezirk]]
| image_map          = Locator map RB Mittelfranken in Bavaria.svg
| map_caption        = Map of [[Bavaria]] highlighting Middle Franconia (district)
| coordinates        = 
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Germany]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[States of Germany|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Bavaria]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| extinct_title      = Disestablished
| extinct_date       = 
| seat_type          = Region seat
| seat               = [[Ansbach]]
| leader_party             = 
| leader_name              = Kerstin Engelhardt-Blum
| leader_title             = [[Regierungspräsident (Germany)|District President]]
| area_total_km2     = 7245.70
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| population_as_of   = {{#time:j F Y|{{Population Germany|key=095|datref=STAND}} }}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1       = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
|demographics1_title1     = Total
|demographics1_info1      = €86.003 billion (2021)
| website            = [http://www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de]
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| image_flag         = Flag of Middle Franconia.svg
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| image_shield       = Mittelfranken Wappen.svg
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'''Middle Franconia''' ({{langx|de|Mittelfranken}}, {{IPA|de|ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkŋ̍|pron|De-Mittelfranken.ogg}}) is one of the three [[Regierungsbezirk|administrative region]]s of [[Franconia]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Political Culture in Germany|last=Berg-Schlosser|first=Dirk|year=1993|isbn=978-1-349-22767-9|pages=102}}</ref> in the west of [[Bavaria]] bordering the state of [[Baden-Württemberg]]. The administrative seat is [[Ansbach]]; the most populous and largest city is [[Nuremberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allgerman.com/middlefranconia.htm|title=Allgerman.com - Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken)|date=2018-10-27|website=allgerman.com}}</ref>

==Subdivisions==
The region is divided into seven districts ('Landkreise') and five independent cities ('Kreisfreie Städte'). The lowest level is divided into 210 municipalities (including five cities).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de/serv/serv6000.htm|title=Regierung von Mittelfranken|last=Pressestelle|first=Regierung von Mittelfranken|website=www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de|language=de|access-date=2018-10-27|archive-date=2019-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310230634/http://www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de/serv/serv6000.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Independent cities===
* [[Ansbach]]
* [[Erlangen]]
* [[Fürth]]
* [[Nuremberg]]
* [[Schwabach]]

===Districts===
* [[Ansbach (district)|Ansbach]]
* [[Erlangen-Höchstadt]]
* [[Fürth (district)|Fürth]]
* [[Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim]]
* [[Nürnberger Land]]
* [[Roth (district)|Roth]]
* [[Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen]]

==History==
{{see also|Principality of Ansbach}}
{{see also|Imperial City of Nuremberg}}
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2023}}

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.

==Main sights==
Next to the major city [[Nuremberg]], the capital [[Ansbach]] and the former residence city [[Erlangen]], the towns of the [[Romantic Road]] [[Rothenburg ob der Tauber]] and [[Dinkelsbühl]] belong to the major tourist attractions. The [[Lichtenau Fortress]], [[Rothenberg Fortress]], [[Hohenstein Castle (Middle Franconia)|Hohenstein]] and [[Cadolzburg]] belong to the most important castles of  Middle Franconia. The [[Franconian Jura]] and the northern valley of the River [[Altmühl]] are among the scenic attractions.

==Coat of arms==
''For the German Imperial Eagle, see [[Reichsadler]]''
{|
|- valign="top"
||The coat of arms displays:
* the black and white pattern of the [[Hohenzollern]] family in the upper [[dexter and sinister|dexter]]  quarter (the first quarter)<ref>[[County of Hohenzollern]]</ref>
* the Arms of [[Franconia]] in the lower dexter quarter (the 3rd quarter)<ref>[[Franconia]]</ref>
* the [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] half of the German Imperial Eagle (similar to that displayed by the Imperial Banner of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]).<ref>[[:File:Wappen Deutscher Bund.svg]]</ref>
|}

==Population==
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Inhabitants
|-
|1900||815,895
|-
|1910||930,868
|-
|1939||1,065,122
|-
|1950||1,273,030
|-
|1961||1,371,144
|-
|1970||1,486,389
|-
|1987||1,521,484
|-
|2002||1,703,869
|-
|2005||1,712,275
|-
|2006||1,712,622
|-
|2008||1,714,453
|-
|2010||1,710,876
|-
|2015||1,738,686
|-
|2019||1,775,169
|}

== Economy ==
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 78.6 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.4% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 40,900 € or 136% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 105% of the EU average.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Germany}}Other Franconian Districts:
* [[Upper Franconia]] (''Oberfranken'')
* [[Lower Franconia]] (''Unterfranken'')
Political party that is in Franconia:

* [[Party for Franconia]] ''(Frankenpartei)''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de/ueber_uns/erreichbarkeit/information_eng/index.html (Middle Franconia State Government; Regierung von Mittelfranken] {{in lang|en}}
*[https://www.bezirk-mittelfranken.de/ Bezirk Mittelfranken] {{in lang|de}}

{{Regierungsbezirk (Bavaria)}}

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