Lower Franconia

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Statistics

State: Bavaria

Capital: Würzburg

Area: 8,531.59 km²

Inhabitants: 1,344,629(12/2004)

pop. density: 157,61 inh./km²

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Statistics
State:	Bavaria
Capital:	Würzburg
Area:	8,531.59 km²
Inhabitants:	1,344,629(12/2004)
pop. density:	157,61 inh./km²
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Lower Franconia (German Unterfranken) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions), Germany (22 regions in five Federal States, 11 Federal States are not subdivided into regions).

The district was formed in 1817 unter the name of Untermainkreis (Lower Main District) and renamed in 1837 as Unterfranken and Aschaffenburg (Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg). In 1933 the regional Nazi Gauleiter Otto Hellmuth insisted on renaming the district Mainfranken, but after 1945 the name Unterfranken was resurrected.

Unterfranken is the north-west part of Franconia and consists of three district-free cities ("Kreisfreie Städte") and nine country districts ("Landkreise").

Contents

1 Area and population
2 Historical country districts
3 Well known people
4 Education and start ups
5 See also
6 External links

Area and population

Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) Population and Area
City or District Population (2004) Area (km²) Communities
City of Aschaffenburg 68,703 5.1% 62 0.7% 1 0.3%
City of Schweinfurt 54,467 4.1% 36 0.4% 1 0.3%
City of Würzburg 133,539 9.9% 88 1.0% 1 0.3%
Aschaffenburg 175,406 13.0% 699 8.2% 32 10.4%
Bad Kissingen 108,607 8.1% 1,137 13.3% 26 8.4%
Haßberge 87,878 6.5% 956 11.2% 26 8.4%
Kitzingen 89,525 6.7% 684 8.0% 31 10.1%
Main-Spessart 131,770 9.8% 1,322 15.5% 40 13.0%
Miltenberg 131,543 9.8% 716 8.4% 32 10.4%
Rhön-Grabfeld 86,731 6.5% 1,022 12.0% 37 12.0%
Schweinfurt 116,380 8.7% 842 9.9% 29 9.4%
Würzburg 160,080 11.9% 968 11.3% 52 16.9%
Lower Franconia 1,344,629 100.0% 8,532 100.0% 308 100.0%

**Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) Population and Area**
City or District	Population (2004)	Area (km²)	Communities
City of Aschaffenburg	68,703	5.1%	62	0.7%	1	0.3%
City of Schweinfurt	54,467	4.1%	36	0.4%	1	0.3%
City of Würzburg	133,539	9.9%	88	1.0%	1	0.3%
Aschaffenburg	175,406	13.0%	699	8.2%	32	10.4%
Bad Kissingen	108,607	8.1%	1,137	13.3%	26	8.4%
Haßberge	87,878	6.5%	956	11.2%	26	8.4%
Kitzingen	89,525	6.7%	684	8.0%	31	10.1%
Main-Spessart	131,770	9.8%	1,322	15.5%	40	13.0%
Miltenberg	131,543	9.8%	716	8.4%	32	10.4%
Rhön-Grabfeld	86,731	6.5%	1,022	12.0%	37	12.0%
Schweinfurt	116,380	8.7%	842	9.9%	29	9.4%
Würzburg	160,080	11.9%	968	11.3%	52	16.9%
Lower Franconia	1,344,629	100.0%	8,532	100.0%	308	100.0%

Historical Population of Lower Franconia
1910 710,943
1939 844,732
1950 1,038,930
1961 1,089,983
1970 1,181,309
1987 1,202,711
2002 1,344,300
2004 1,344,629

**Historical Population of Lower Franconia**
1910	710,943
1939	844,732
1950	1,038,930
1961	1,089,983
1970	1,181,309
1987	1,202,711
2002	1,344,300
2004	1,344,629

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, Hassberge, Würzburg
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 start ups

University/Fachhochschulen:

Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg
Fachhochschule Aschaffenburg
Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt

Start up 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

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