Franconia , German- Franconia , one of the five major stems, or Root Duchies - the other four are Sachsen, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Swabia and Bavaria - des early medieval Germany . Today is divided into between Rheinfranken, is now into the countries (states) from Rhineland-Palatinate , Baden-Württemberg and Hesse , and east Franconia, now in the States Baden-Württemberg and Bayern .
The Franconia settled the Region from the early 6th century n . Chr . Force , and in the early 8th century claimed the Merovingian dynasty them as royal dominions (crownlands). After the division of the Carolingian Empire under the Treaty of Verdun in 843, Franconia became the nucleus of the East Frankish (German) Kingdom, and when the Carolingian line died out, Franconia became known as first elected German king Conrad I (911-918). 919 the German crown went to a Saxon dynasty above . Franconia remained a royal Domination no strong ducal Dynasty used , and their Term supported German kings and Holy Roman Emperors. Up until the 12th century, the name only referred to East Franconia.
The Church has always been strong in the region and its dioceses have included the Archdiocese Mainz (in Rheinfranken) and Bamberg and Würzburg (Eastern Franconia). After the mid-13th century, the Franks were fragmenting into secular and ecclesiastical Principalities accelerated. 1340 these areas organized the Landfriedensbund , which is used as the basis for the Early 16th Century Furnished Franconian circle (county or prefecture) served.
In Napoleons Restructuring of Germany, the Franconian region was divided between the kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg and the grand duchy of Baden. King Ludwig I. von Bayern revived the use of the name in 1837 by creating the provinces of Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia, which still today the north-west corner of today's country Form Bavaria.