{"id":4620,"date":"2024-02-08T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandort-mainfranken.de\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:00:01","slug":"main-franconia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/en\/article\/main-franconia\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical location"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4620\" class=\"elementor elementor-4620 elementor-4619\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d03ec5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d03ec5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf524a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf524a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715238c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"715238c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Main Franconia from a geographic perspective: landscapes with character<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf1715 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cf1715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anyone who wants to get to know Main Franconia and understand its nature and essence should look at the region first from a distance. On a map of Central Europe you can find the region pretty much in the middle. And more importantly, internationally significant transport routes link the region to the rest of the world: the A 7 and A 3 motorways intersect at W\u00fcrzburg, as do the parallel Intercity rail connections. Three other motorways branch out from Main Franconia. And the Main-Danube waterway traverses Main Franconia for 200 kilometres, enabling bulk freight transport by inland waterway.    <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db637d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9db637d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a36ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a36ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But that is already the result of mankind making the best use of its natural resources. Main Franconia\u2019s basic structure already evolved millions of years before mankind settled here. It dates from the Mesozoic era, from the Triassic period. And therefore the basic structure of the Main Franconia landscape is also trimorphic: red sandstone, shell limestone and keuper. These three are the deposits from west to east, which originally superimposed one another, shifted into a slanted position during the Cenozoic era, then eroded at various levels, and now shape the diverse and enchanting Main Franconia landscape as well as its natural borders to the neighbouring regions (see Information).    <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0c7319 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0c7319\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c73901 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c73901\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6548227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6548227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-768x509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4642\" alt=\"The Kreuzberg \u2013 view over the Wildflecken from the Golgota crosses in the evening mist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Mainfranken-geographisch_Kreuzberg-bei-Nach_Juergen-Huefner-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Kreuzberg \u2013 view over the \u00adWildflecken from the Golgota \u00adcrosses in the evening mist Photo: Joannes Christian Rost \/ Regierung von Unterfranken<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e7951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2e7951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cultural landscapes of Spessart and Rh\u00f6n were created on the red sandstone in the west. They are upland areas that were populated late on and formed linguistic boundaries with Hesse and Bayerischer Untermain. The Spessart is still the largest closed deciduous forest area in Germany. The Rh\u00f6n stands out as an area of open expanses or endless horizons and impresses with its biosphere reserve with bare-topped hills with views far into the distance. Main Franconia\u2019s only volcanic forms can be found here.     <span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);\">The keuper escarpment in the east marks the beginning of Ha\u00dfberge and Steigerwald, forested upland areas that separate Main Franconia from Upper and Middle Franconia. Between this lies the Main Franconia basin, also referred to as the Main Franconia plateau, which is characterised by shell limestone and partly covered by fertile loess loam. This core area of Main Franconia is lower, drier and warmer, and was therefore settled on earlier.   <\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);\">The fertile loess-covered areas, which are used more intensively for agriculture than the forest mountains surrounding them, are also often referred to as \u201cG\u00e4u\u201d areas (areas of open fertile countryside often intensively farmed).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98df794 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98df794\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d9f412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d9f412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);\">The Main has carved deep into the landscape in some of these plateaus, known as the \u201cMainfr\u00e4nkische Platten\u201d. The character and essence of the Main Franconian landscape is unimaginable without the Main, which our region is named after. The Main, the longest east to west flowing river in Central Europe, meanders and winds 226 kilometres through Main Franconia, shaping the landscape, but also the development of settlements and economies. The Main and its tributaries, the Fr\u00e4nkische Saale, Wern, Sinn und Tauber, drain the whole of Main Franconia. In the area of the Main triangle it forms distinctive, steep-walled shell limestone valleys. This triad of extensive arable land, deep shell limestone valleys and framed forest mountains is the salient feature of the Main Franconia landscape.      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you travel from Upper Franconia to Lower Franconia along the Main, you will immediately notice what the main difference is for the tourists here and what it is that defines the quality of life of the people in Main Franconia: the wine! The first vineyards come into view at Zeil am Main. Main Franconia is also known as \u201cWeinfranken\u201d. And if you follow the course of the Main, you will see that the sun-drenched slopes are covered with grapevines. The vineyards range from the Ziegelangerer \u00d6lschnabel over the Obergheimer H\u00f6ll, the Escherndorfer Lump, the Randersackerer Ewig Leben, to the W\u00fcrzburger Stein and Homburger Kallmuth. The Franconian red wine region and with this Bayerischer Untermain, begins further west, beyond Wertheim.      <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e001800 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e001800\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45bd08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e45bd08\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfba129 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfba129\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e44cd0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"7e44cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed132b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ed132b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; text-align: var(--text-align); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);\">Demarcations and definitions of Main Franconia are as numerous as they are varied. Some include Bayerischer Untermain while others include Bamberg in Upper Franconia. The most substantial definition and demarcation is that of the long-standing W\u00fcrzburg geography professor and applied geography expert Alfred Herold.    <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; text-align: var(--text-align); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);\">He describes Main Franconia as \u201cthe area along the Main, Tauber and Fr\u00e4nkische Saale, the open, old populated area between the forest landscapes which were settled on later, Odenwald, Spessart and Rh\u00f6n in the West, Frankenh\u00f6he, Steigerwald and Ha\u00dfbergen in the East. Main Franconia also incorporates the part of the mountainous encircling region here which is culturally or economically orientated towards the core landscape.\u201d We cannot completely ignore the political and administrative reality and in everyday use Main Franconia therefore currently usually also incorporates Lower Franconia without Bayerischer Untermain or, in other words, also the planning regions of W\u00fcrzburg and Main-Rh\u00f6n and with this the chamber area of the W\u00fcrzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91d697 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b91d697\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f1efb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47f1efb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3723c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b3723c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The wine lover Goethe was also passionate about the quality of life here \u2013 and the W\u00fcrzburg wine. In 1806 he insistently wrote: \u201cSend me a few more bottles of W\u00fcrzburg wines, as I do not like the taste of any other wine and I am vexed when my usual favourite drink runs out!\u201d Earlier, his G\u00f6tz of Berlichingen announced: \u201cFranconia is a blessed country!\u201d And it really is. Quaint towns with picturesque forts and half-timbered houses are dotted along the River Main like a string of pearls. The highlight is the baroque prince-bishop\u2019s city of W\u00fcrzburg with its magnificent residence and Marienberg Fortress which sits enthroned on the vineyards above W\u00fcrzburg. The most notable architectural and artistic gems in Main Franconia\u2019s rich cultural landscape can be found here in the Main valley and along the Saale.       <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88445d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88445d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d49d545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d49d545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-768x467.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4644\" alt=\"The meandering River Main shapes the region between Staigerwald and Spessart and gives this area its name\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wirtschaftsstandortmainfranken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/weboptimiert_02-Blockbild-Unterfranken-Johannes-Christian-Rost-eine-Grenze-und-Kreisstaedte-2048x1245.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The meandering River Main shapes the region between Staigerwald and Spessart and gives this area its name. Illustration: J\u00fcrgen H\u00fcfner<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1857c6b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1857c6b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8655c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c8655c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are seeking scenic extremes in Main Franconia, similar to those in the alpine mountains, you will seek in vain. It is, instead, the Main Franconian landscape\u2019s aforementioned charming individual and separate parts, rich in their nuances, which combined with cultural wealth, relaxed urbanity and 270 wine-growing towns and villages, that attract people. More than six million guest overnight stays (before the coronavirus) in a region with just under one million inhabitants also proves that the region knows how to successfully market its appeal now.   <\/p>\n<p>The Main Franconian region owes its attractiveness not least to the mild and sunny climate. However, there is also a risk here now and in the future as the region is a hotspot for human-induced climate change. Not only will rising temperatures, but also long dry periods and water shortages in the area of rivers and declining groundwater levels be a crucial challenge for Main Franconia.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539bab8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"539bab8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bd65f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bd65f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Header picture: Magnificent view over the largest meandering river landscape in Bavaria \u2013 the Mainschleife \u2013 from Vogelsburg Castle in the district of Kitzingen Photo: Touristinformation Volkacher 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