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    Franconian Switzerland (German: Fränkische Schweiz) is an upland in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the...
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    Franconia (redirect from Franconians)
    [ˈfʁaŋkn̩] ; East Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German:...
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    The burgstall of Wolkenstein Castle is the site of a late medieval aristocratic castle in the village of Wolkenstein, in the borough of Ebermannstadt in...
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    of the Nördlinger Ries. The northern part of the Franconian Jura is known as Franconian Switzerland (German: Fränkische Schweiz). Bärental (Upper Franconia)...
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  • north-western Czech Republic Franconian Switzerland, an upland in Upper Franconia, northern Bavaria Holstein Switzerland, a hilly area in Schleswig-Holstein...
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    Schloss Greifenstein is a castle in the mountainous Fraconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz) region of Upper Franconia, Germany. Since 1691 Greifenstein...
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    Dunkel is also widespread in parts of Franconia, for example the Franconian Switzerland, where it has been originally the most common beer type. The region...
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    Franconian cuisine is an umbrella term for all dishes with a specific regional identity belonging to the region of Franconia. It is a subtype of German...
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    training in the mountainous region of his native Bavaria, known as Franconian Switzerland, and later at the German Alpine Club's national climbing center...
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    through the Neckar valley, the Hohenlohe Plateau, the Franconian Heights, Franconian Switzerland, the Fichtel Mountains and the Slavkov Forest. The Castle...
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  • Tüchersfeld (category Franconian Switzerland)
    Tüchersfeld is a church village in the Püttlach valley in Franconian Switzerland and belongs to the town of Pottenstein. Due to the prominent rocks (sponge...
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    Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park (German: Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz-Veldensteiner Forst) is a nature park in North Bavaria. The...
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    east-west, ran from the Steigerwald forest by way of Hirschaid to "Franconian Switzerland". Parts of that road are still used, having been incorporated into...
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  • Franconian Switzerland Sophienberg 596 m Bayreuth district (Haag parish) Hohenmirsberger Platte (614 m), Bayreuth district, Franconian Switzerland Hetzleser...
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  • land on which Bremen is built.) Franconian Switzerland (tourism region, Germany, designated 1968) Hersbruck Switzerland (Hersbrucker Schweiz), low mountain...
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    German language (category Languages of Switzerland)
    just like the East Franconian variant that dominates in Vogtland. There is also one single Austro-Bavarian village in Switzerland: Samnaun in the Canton...
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    a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switzerland, referring to the region of outstanding natural beauty to the north...
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    Waischenfeld Castle (category Franconian Switzerland)
    Waischenfeld Castle (German: Burgruine Waischenfeld) is a ruined rock castle on a rocky plateau a few metres west of the town of Waischenfeld in the province...
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    The Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz e. V. (Franconian Switzerland Steam Railway Co. Ltd.) or DFS is a German museum railway operated by a registered society...
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    flows through the Bavarian region of Franconian Switzerland in Germany. The Püttlach rises in Franconian Switzerland, south of Bärnreuth at a height of...
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    Rabenstein Castle (Upper Franconia) (category Franconian Switzerland)
    visited for an entrance fee. The hill castle is located within the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park on a rocky hill spur at a height...
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    edge of the Ailsbach Valley, not far from Rabenstein Castle in Franconian Switzerland. With its three large sections and winding passages, Sophie Cave...
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    Pottenstein Castle (category Franconian Switzerland)
    Franconian Switzerland, a region in the German state of Bavaria. It stands on a rock above the eponymous town of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian county...
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  • German consonant shift, separating it from Low German (Low Saxon) and Low Franconian (including Dutch) within the continental West Germanic dialect continuum...
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    Leinleiter is a stream in the Franconian Switzerland, part of the Franconian Alb, Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Wiesent near Ebermannstadt. List...
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    11.26139 Muggendorf is a village in municipality Wiesenttal in Franconian Switzerland, Bavaria, Germany. The village is located on the river Wiesent 304...
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    two castles in the church village of Tüchersfeld in the region of Franconian Switzerland in Bavaria, Germany. The ruins of this spur castle are situated...
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    at its peak. The observation tower offers views of the northern Franconian Switzerland, the southern wall of the Fichtel Mountains, and the Upper Palatinate...
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    as Upper German. In the Middle High German time, East Franconian and sometimes South Franconian are added to this. Swabian splits off from Alemannic due...
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    Pottenstein, Bavaria (category Franconian Switzerland)
    AMSL, with its nearly 1,500 inhabitants, is a health-resort in Franconian Switzerland. It nestles at the convergence of the Püttlach, Weihersbach and...
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