Franconia

Franconia ( ; ; ) is a geographical region of Southern Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (). Franconia is made up of the three (governmental districts) of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian—and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.

nature park in Bavaria, Germany

The Steigerwald () is a hill region up to in the Bavarian-Franconian part of the South German Scarplands between Würzburg and Nuremberg. It is part of the Keuper Uplands, and within it, it is continued to the north-northeast and right of the river Main, by the Haßberge, and to the south-southwest by the Franconian Heights. Part of the region is a designated as the Steigerwald Nature Park.

nature park in Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany

nature park in Bavaria, Germany