The Franconian flag (German: Frankenfahne or Frankenflagge) is a symbol of Franconia, a region in North Bavaria and parts of Thuringia, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg...
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Franconia (redirect from Franconians)
[ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍] ; East Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German:...
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Lorraine Franconian is a catch-all term for what were historically three dialects: Luxembourgish, Mosel Franconian, and Rhine Franconian. Each is identical...
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The Franconian Circle (German: Fränkischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle established in 1500 in the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised...
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Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: Plàtt or lottrìnger Plàtt; French: francique lorrain or platt lorrain; German: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous...
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German language (section Low Franconian)
(mainly Alemannic, but also Central–and Upper Franconian dialects) and Lorraine Franconian (Central Franconian). After these High German dialects, standard...
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Franconia Day (category Franconian culture)
Franconia Day or Tag der Franken ("Day of the Franconians") was created in 2006 following a decision by the Bavarian Landtag and has been celebrated annually...
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Alsace–Lorraine (section Flags)
local Moselle Franconian dialect). Rhine Franconian in the north-east of Moselle around Forbach (Fuerboch in the local Rhine Franconian dialect), Bitche...
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community spoke variants of Walloon, Dutch, Picard, Luxembourgish or Moselle Franconian German, but nowadays, the dominant language is overwhelmingly Belgian...
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Städte) and nine country districts (Landkreise). The major portion of the Franconian wine region is situated in Lower Franconia. The Gross domestic product...
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(Elsässerditsch) French Flemish: West Flemish dialect of Dutch Lorraine Franconian (Lothringisch) Yenish (Jenisch) Yiddish Corsican (Corsu) Oïl language:...
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Westphalia (section Flag)
Westphalian variant of the Low German language, Central German and Low Franconian dialects are spoken in the Northern Rhineland. These different regional...
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Saarland was one of the last between member states and led to the European flag being given a politically neutral ring of twelve stars rather than the originally...
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Bavaria (section Flags and coat of arms)
dialects of German, East Franconian and Swabian, respectively. Uniquely among German states, Bavaria has two official flags of equal status, one with...
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(/ˈnjʊərəmbɜːrɡ/ NURE-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk] ; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch [ˈnɛmbɛrç]) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest...
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Ländle, a diminutive of the word Land in the local Swabian, Alemannic and Franconian dialects, is sometimes used as a synonym for Baden-Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg...
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, Upper Franconian: [ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t]; Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and...
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related to Dutch but has more German influences. Luxembourgish, a Moselle Franconian language, is native to Arelerland, the eastern part of the Belgian province...
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State of the Teutonic Order. The original flag of the Teutonic Knights had been a black cross on a white flag. Emperor Frederick II in 1229 granted them...
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West, it blends into the Low Franconian languages, including Dutch. A distinguishing feature between the Low Franconian varieties and Low German varieties...
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the castle remained in the Swabian branch, the dynastic seniors of the Franconian-Brandenburgian cadet branch that later acquired its own imperial throne...
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House of Schwarzenberg (category Franconian Circle)
The House of Schwarzenberg is a German (Franconian) and Czech (Bohemian) aristocratic family, formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses...
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Alsatian (Alsatian: Elsässisch or Elsässerditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch)...
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the "Cross of Anjou" in the 16th century. René II placed the symbol on his flag before the Battle of Nancy in January 1477. In the battle, René defeated...
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speak Rhine Franconian (in the southeast, very similar to that dialect spoken in the western part of the Palatinate) and Moselle Franconian (in the northwest...
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Würzburg (German: [ˈvʏʁtsbʊʁk] ; Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of...
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Wallonia, where it is known as Gaumais. It has been influenced by Lorraine Franconian and Luxembourgish, West Central German languages spoken in nearby or overlapping...
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Duchy of Lorraine (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters)
Wappenbuch, 1703 Two regional languages survive in the region. Lorraine Franconian, known as francique or platt (lorrain) in French, is a West Central German...
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of languages spoken there (Alsatian, Champenois, Lorrain and Lorraine Franconian). Most of today's Grand Est region was considered "Eastern" as early as...
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