[82], When in the course of the Russian conquest of Livonia refugees carried the plague to Finland and Central Sweden, and on the southern shore of the Baltic the plague had arrived in Stralsund, the worried council of Lübeck sent alerting letters to the Danish government, which after a discussion lasting from 21 October to 7/8 November resulted in a government decision to renew the quarantine requirement. [21] While the plague faded out during the hard winter, food became scarce due to war contributions and conscription, and the cordon sanitaire and the respective restrictions were lifted by edict on 12 July 1709. [29] Until the end of May, it seemed that the plague would not be as severe, and the health commission's reports were openly accessible. Verfallene Gebäude jenseits von Touristenströmen ziehen immer mehr Menschen in ihren Bann – Lost Places im Harz sind dabei keine Ausnahme. From 1836 to 1846, the Kingdom of Bavaria built the Ludwig Canal from Bamberg to Kelheim, which was only abandoned in 1950. feather stars and dragonflies. [104] When the plague broke out in Hamburg less than three weeks later, it was carried there from the Danish troops by a prostitute from Hamburg's Gerkenshof lane, where out of 53 people 35 fell ill and 18 died. Some towns and areas were affected only for one year, while in other places the plague recurred annually throughout several subsequent years. [132] One of the first casualties of the organized Nazi persecution of Jews took place on 21 March in Künzelsau and on 25/26 March 1933 in Creglingen, where police and SA troops under the leadership of Standartenführer Fritz Klein led a so-called "weapons search operations". [65] Under the Hohenstaufen kings, Conrad III and Frederick Barbarossa, Franconia became the centre of power in the Empire. Like all parts of the German Reich, Franconia was badly affected by Allied air raids. On 7 October 1949 the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, was founded. The Romantic Road, the best known German theme route, links several of the tourist high points in western Franconia. In northern Franconia they built a chain of hill forts as a line of defence against the Germanii advancing from the north. Also part of the cultural region of Franconia are the adjacent Franconian-speaking regions of the otherwise Thuringian and Upper Saxon-speaking state of Thuringia (South Thuringia, south of the Rennsteig ridge; largest city: Suhl), the Franconian-speaking parts of Heilbronn-Franconia (largest city: Schwäbisch Hall) in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and small parts of the state of Hesse. Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms a large conurbation, with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Eleven years later it was a Tragelhochstadt man who burned the village down again: he caused a conflagration because he wanted to clear his wild pasture and thereby lost control of the fire. [3] During the course of restructuring the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, most of Franconia was awarded to Bavaria.[4]. [53] By January 1711, 665 people had died of the plague in Prenzlau and were buried on the city walls, and the quarantine was lifted on 10 August 1711. [20] Among the most picturesque geotopes in Bavaria, are the Franconian sites of Fossa Carolina, the Twelve Apostle Rocks (Zwölf-Apostel-Felsen), the Ehrenbürg, the cave ruins of Riesenburg and the lake of Frickenhäuser See. Hier findet ihr alle von mir persönlich besuchten Lost Places nach Länder und darauffolgend nach Kategorie sortiert. [75] The majority of other Franconian imperial cities and imperial knights embraced the new confession. [1], The plague during the Great Northern War falls within the second pandemic, which by the late 17th century had its final recurrence in western Europe (e.g. The Battle of Nuremberg lasted five days and resulted in at least 901 deaths. [47], In November 1709, when the Prussian king Frederick I returned to Berlin from a meeting with Russian tsar Peter the Great, the king had a strange encounter with his mentally deranged wife Sophia Louise, who in a white dress and with bloody hands pointed at him saying that the plague would devour the king of Babylon. Bei Entdeckungstouren durch Lost Places gilt: Die Situation vor Ort ändert sich laufend. Numerous other languages are spoken that come from other language regions or the native countries of immigrants. Discover (and save!) In Spessart there are great oak forests. Try out the Digital Concert Hall – free of charge! [62], Unlike the other stem duchies, Franconia became the homeland and power base of East Frankish and German kings after the Ottonians died out in 1024. [118], Since Die Wende, new markets have opened up for the Franconian region of Bavaria in the new (formerly East German) federal states and the Czech Republic, enabling the economy to recover. Far more famous than Plateosaurus, Placodus and Nothosaurus is the Archaeopteryx, probably the first bird geologically. Reg. [68] Other orders such as the Knights Templar could not gain a foothold in Franconia; the Order of St. John worked in the Bishopric of Würzburg and had short term commands.[69]. [63] While Frandsen (2009) dismisses the number for Riga as "most likely a heavy exaggeration"[63] and instead gives a rough estimate of 20,000 deaths by the end of the plague in October,[64] Sheremetev's number of Russian plague deaths seem to be "closer to the truth. [6] Between 23,000 and 33,700 people died in the city in 1709 and 1710; that number continued to rise in the following three years, when many of the starving from the Lithuanian countryside, which was ravaged by hunger and other diseases, took refuge within its walls. The Circle also developed early forms of a welfare state. [73], Franconia played an important role in the spread of the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther,[74] Nuremberg being one of the places where the Luther Bible was printed. Frandsen (2009), p. 80; Engström (1994), p. 38. "[40] Elbing had protected its population by guarding its walls and enforcing a 40-day quarantine on incoming persons. Following the unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945, Bavarian Franconia became part of the American zone of occupation; whilst South Thuringia, with the exception of smaller enclaves like Ostheim, became part of the Soviet zone and the Franconian parts of today's Baden-Württemberg also went to the American zone[108] The most important part of the Allied prosecution programme against leaders of the Nazi regime were the Nuremberg Trials against leaders of the German Empire during the Nazi era, held from 20 November 1945 to 14 April 1949. [6] Georg Sticker numbered this epidemic as the "12th period" of plague epidemics, first recorded in Ahmedabad in 1683 and until 1724 affecting a territory from India over Persia, Asia Minor, the Levant and Egypt to Nubia and Ethiopia as well as to Morocco and southern France on the one hand and to East Central Europe up to Scandinavia on the other hand. It extended as far west as Speyer, Mainz, and Worms (west of the Rhine) and even included Frankfurt ("ford of the Franks"). In Lower and Upper Franconia, there was still the problem, however, of the zone along the Inner German Border which was a long way from the markets for its agricultural produce, and was affected by migration and relatively high unemployment,[114] which is why these areas received special support from federal and state governments. The region around the city of Erlangen, which belonged to the Margraviate of Bayreuth, was a refuge for the Huguenots who fled there after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in France. [93] While Scania was protected from an infection from the north by a cordon sanitaire between it and Småland, the plague came by sea[94] and made landfall not only in Västanå, but also in January 1711 in Domsten in Allerum parish, where the locals had ignored the ban on contact with their relatives and friends on the Danish side of the Sound, most notably in the infected area around Helsingør (Elsinore); the third starting point for the plague in Scania was Ystad, where on 19 June an infected soldier arrived from Swedish Pomerania. [79] These measures were not implemented immediately, as the plague had not yet reached the Baltic coast. This defensive line ran through the south of Franconia and described an arc across the region whose northernmost point lay at present-day Gunzenhausen. This epidemic was probably part of a pandemic affecting an area from Central Asia to the Mediterranean. [41] The main Lithuanian city, Vilnius suffered from the plague from 1709 to 1713. Das Heimspiel der dritten Fußballliga am Samstag endete mit 0:4. [57], With their victories over the heartlands of the Alamanni and Thuringians in the 6th century, the present region of Franconia also fell to the Franks. [133], The plague also spread to other territories of the Habsburg monarchy, though it was not involved in the Great Northern War. : official web sites, local news, culture, history, education, city- and country guides with travel and visitors information, tourist attractions, events and much more. [67] During the 13th century the Teutonic Order was formed, taking over its first possession in Franconia in 1209, the Bailiwick of Franconia. The man-made Franconian Lake District has become a popular destination for day-trippers and tourists. In 1608, the reformed princes merged into a so-called Union within the Empire. The climate of Franconia is sunny and relatively warm. Blessing, Werner K. and Dieter Weiß (eds. To protect it, the Romans built several forts like Biriciana at Weißenburg, but by the mid-third century, the border could no longer be maintained and by 250 A.D. the Alemanni occupied the areas up to the Danube. Daily temperatures in the Bavarian part of Franconia are an average of 0.1 °C higher than the average for Bavaria as a whole. Saint Kilian, who together with his companions, Saint Colman and Saint Totnan are considered to be the apostles to the Franks, suffering martyrdom in Würzburg in the late 7th century, probably did not encounter any pagans in the ducal court. Bekommt man nicht die Erlaubnis, die verlassenen Orte zu betreten, begeht man unter Umständen Hausfriedensbruch. Another important reserve is the Black Moor in the Rhön, which is one of the most important bog areas in Central Europe. I Nos. [63] Bamberg became a favoured Pfalz and an important centre of the Empire. [92] The plague also broke out in neighboring Bremen-Verden, whose capital, Stade, became infected[102] by early July 1712 and on 7 September capitulated to the Danish forces who had entered Bremen-Verden on 31 July. This website uses cookie or similar technologies, to enhance your browsing experience and provide personalised recommendations. Die Teststationen, die extra für Reiserückkehrere an Autobahn errichtet worden waren, wurden bis … [16], After the Swedish incursion, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was in a state of civil war between the Warsaw Confederation, supportive of the pro-Swedish king Stanisław I Leszczyński, and the Sandomierz Confederation, supportive of Sweden's adversaries, i.e. [100] However, the canal lost much of its importance shortly after the arrival of the railways. Other major rivers in the region are the Jagst and Kocher in Hohenlohe-Franconia, which empty into the Neckar north of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, the Altmühl and the Wörnitz in Middle Franconia, both tributaries of the Danube, and the upper and middle reaches of the Werra, the right-hand headstream of the Weser. [125] The largest cities within Bavaria are Nuremberg (495,121), Würzburg (124,577), Fürth (118,358) and Erlangen (105,412).