Franconia

Kulmbach

June 1991, Kulmbach, Germany

View over the town of Kulmbach, once the seat of the Hohenzollern Margraves of Franconia.

To the south-east is Bayreuth. To the west is Coburg. To the south-west is Sanspareil.

Franconia

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Nürnberg. August 1986.	Pottenstein. June 1993.	Sanspareil. Wonsees, June 1991.
View over Kulmbach. June 1991.	Nürnberg, June 1993.	Bamberg Rathaus. June 1989.
Neues Schloß. Bayreuth, June 1993.	Luisenburg Felsenlabyrinth. Wunsiedel, June 1993.	Gößweinstein, June 1993.
Fortress at Coburg. June 1989.	Schloß Weißenstein. Höchstadt, June 1993.

Franconia, Franken, is the northern part of Bavaria. Primarily popular among German tourists, the area contains much to see and do. For instance, this area has perhaps the highest concentration of Breweries in Germany (the country with largest number of breweries in the world).

I discovered the charms of this area quite by accident during my 1986 trip to Germany. I visited Nürnberg specifically to see the Deutsches Museum. After leaving Nürnberg, I headed north to Bayreuth. and spent a day exploring the Fränkisches Schweiz.