Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions), Germany (32 regions).
It's the north-west part of Franconia
and consists of three district-free cities ( "Kreisfreie Städte" )
and nine country districts ( "Landkreise" ).
Area and population
Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) Population and Area
| City or District
| Population (2002)
| Area (km²)
| Communities
|
| City of Aschaffenburg
| 68,682
| 5.1%
| 63
| 0.7%
| 1
| 0.3%
|
| City of Schweinfurt
| 54,670
| 4.1%
| 36
| 0.4%
| 1
| 0.3%
|
| City of Würzburg
| 131,582
| 9.8%
| 88
| 1.0%
| 1
| 0.3%
|
| Aschaffenburg
| 174,863
| 13.0%
| 699
| 8.2%
| 32
| 10.4%
|
| Bad Kissingen
| 109,382
| 8.1%
| 1,137
| 13.3%
| 26
| 8.4%
|
| Haßberge
| 88,301
| 6.6%
| 956
| 11.2%
| 26
| 8.4%
|
| Kitzingen
| 89,335
| 6.6%
| 684
| 8.0%
| 31
| 10.1%
|
| Main-Spessart
| 132,393
| 9.8%
| 1,322
| 15.5%
| 40
| 13.0%
|
| Miltenberg
| 131,568
| 9.8%
| 716
| 8.4%
| 32
| 10.4%
|
| Rhön-Grabfeld
| 86,811
| 6.5%
| 1,022
| 12.0%
| 37
| 12.0%
|
| Schweinfurt
| 116,868
| 8.7%
| 841
| 9.9%
| 29
| 9.4%
|
| Würzburg
| 159,845
| 11.9%
| 968
| 11.3%
| 52
| 16.9%
|
| Lower Franconia
| 1,344,300
| 100.0%
| 8,532
| 100.0%
| 308
| 100.0%
|
Historical Population of Lower Franconia
| 1939
| 844,732
|
| 1950
| 1,038,930
|
| 1961
| 1,089,983
|
| 1970
| 1,181,309
|
| 1987
| 1,202,711
|
| 2002
| 1,344,300
|
Historical country districts
Until the municipal reform ( "Kreisreform" ) in June 1972 Lower Franconia had 22 country districts,
16 of them were attached to the other six existing country districts
Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Schweinfurt, Würzburg
or united to one of the three new country districts Haßberge, Main-Spessart, Rhön-Grabfeld.
Old country district Now part of the country district(s)
Alzenau .............. Aschaffenburg
Bad Brückenau ........ Bad Kissingen
Bad Neustadt/Saale.... Rhön-Grabfeld
Ebern ................ Haßberge
Gemünden ............. Main-Spessart
Gerolzhofen .......... Schweinfurt, Kitzingen
Hammelburg ........... Bad Kissingen
Haßfurt .............. Haßberge
Hofheim/Unterfranken . Haßberge
Karlstadt ............ Main-Spessart
Königshofen .......... Rhön-Grabfeld
Lohr ................. Main-Spessart
Marktheidenfeld ...... Main-Spessart, Miltenberg, Würzburg
Mellrichstadt ........ Rhön-Grabfeld
Obernburg ............ Miltenberg
Ochsenfurt ........... Würzburg
Well known people
Education and startUps
University/Fachhochschulen:
- Julius Maximilians Universität
- Fachhochschule Aschaffenburg
- Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt
startUp centers:
- Zentec, Großwallstadt
- RSG Rhön-Saale Gründerzentrum, Bad Kissingen
- GRIBS Gründer- und Innovationszentrum, Schweinfurt
- Chancencenter Maintal, Schweinfurt
- TGZ Technologie- und Gründerzentrum, Würzburg
- ZmK Zentrum für moderne Kommunikationstechnologien, Würzburg
Links
See also:
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Last updated: 10-10-2005 10:23:13
