Upper Franconia

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Upper Franconia Oberfranken
— Regierungsbezirk —
Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Region seat	Bayreuth
Area
• Total	7,230.19 km² (2,791.59 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2011)^[1]
• Total	1,067,408
• Density	Bad rounding here150/km² (Bad rounding here380/sq mi)
Website	regierung.oberfranken.bayern.de

Coat of arms of Upper Franconia

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).

With more than 200 independent breweries which brew approximately 1000 different types of beer, Upper Franconia has the worlds highest brewery-density per capita. A special Franconian beer route (Fränkische Brauereistraße) leads along popular breweries.

1 Geography
2 Coat of arms
3 Administrative subdivisions
4 Historical population of Upper Franconia
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Geography [edit]

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, Saxony (Sachsen) to the north-east and the Czech Republic to the east.

Coat of arms [edit]

The coat of arms displays:

the heraldic lion of Bamberg in the upper left
the black and white pattern of the Hohenzollern family in the upper center
the green crown in bend of the Arms of Saxony in the upper right
the Arms of Franconia in the lower half

Administrative subdivisions [edit]

Oberfranken is subdivided into a number of Landkreise (districts) and Kreisfreie Städte (district-free or independent cities).

Landkreise:

Kreisfreie Städte:

Historical population of Upper Franconia [edit]

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
2006	1,094,525
2008	1,085,770
2010	1,071,984