East Franconia and West Franconia

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Western Franconia ( Francia Occidentalis ) and Eastern Franconia ( Francia Orientalis ) around the year 1000

The duchies of East Franconia and West Franconia were short-lived states of the East Franconian Empire and later the Holy Roman Empire (Germany). They emerged from the division of the (annulled) Duchy of Franconia , which was withdrawn in 939 and which had finally been split up since 1039.

  • The Duchy of Eastern Franconia ( Francia Orientalis ), also called Main Franconia , but not to be confused with the smaller region of Lower Franconia , comprised the eastern half of the former duchy with the capital Würzburg . The princes or dukes of the Babenbergs originally came from this region, which later fell to Bavaria and is still called Franconia today, see Franconia (region) . Eastern Franconia also includes the Baden-Württemberg region of Franconia (Heilbronn-Hohenlohe), which is also known as Southern Franconia or Southern Rhine Franconia . The (large) Baden-Württemberg coat of arms therefore contains symbols of the Staufer Duchy of Eastern Franconia in the crown. Furthermore, the cultural-historical Henneberger Land which essentially corresponds to today's southern Thuringia .
  • The Duchy of West Franconia , also called Rhine Franconia ( Francia Rhenensis ), but not to be confused with the Rhine Franconian tribe , comprised the western half of the former duchy on the Rhine with the capital Worms . The Konradines and Salians came from this region and ruled the whole of Franconia and Germany as dukes and were replaced as such by the Hohenstaufen ( Konrad III ). The region corresponds roughly to today's state of Hesse and the former Rhineland-Palatinate administrative districts of Montabaur , Rheinhessen and Palatinate .

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