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'').

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Geography

Administrative subdivisions

Historical population of Upper Franconia

External links

Geography

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.

Administrative subdivisions

Oberfranken is subdivided into a number of ''Kreise'' (districts) and ''Kreisfreie Städte'' (district-free towns).
''Kreise'':

★ Bamberg

★ Bayreuth

★ Coburg

★ Forchheim

★ Hof

★ Kronach

★ Kulmbach

★ Lichtenfels

★ Wunsiedel
''Kreisfreie Städte'':

★ Bamberg

★ Bayreuth

★ Coburg

★ Hof

Historical population of Upper Franconia

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

External links

★ Official website (in German)