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704 the, and included the present district of. Though the frequently occurs in our, there was probably no proper “” of Franconia, in the same sense at least as there was a  of  or a  of. and, for example, do not themselves s “of” Franconia but s “in” Franconia. Both Eastern Franconia and Franconia were broken up into a number of distinct territories—s, ships, &c. When divided  into s in, he gave the  of Franconia to the  which included the  of , , and , the district of  belonging to the  of the , the territory of the  of , the  of  and , the s of  and , the territories of the  of Franconian , the s of , , , , and. Altogether the comprised 69 territories and had an  of about 10,430  s, and in  its  amounted to 1,547,000. The of Franconia ceased to be officially used after the dissolution of the  in ; but in   of  gave the s of Upper, Middle, and Lower Franconia to what had previously been known as the s of the Upper, the , and the Lower. Upper Franconia forms the north-east portion of, and is partly conterminous with the frontiers of , , and. Its s are the, the , the , and the ; and the , the , the , and the take their rise within its territory. The seat of the is at, and the  of  at. Lower Franconia lies to the west, and forms the north-west province of the ,—conterminous with, , , , , and. Its s are the, the , the , and the. The principal is. Middle Franconia lies to the south of the other two, conterminous with the Upper, , and. It is ed by the and the. The principal is, the seat of the  is at , and the  of  at.  FRANEKER, a of, province of, is situated 10 s W. of , on the between  and. The founded here in  was abolished by, and its endowments were diverted in  to the support of an , and later of a , with which a   and a  are connected. Franeker also possesses a very fine. The s are occupied by an  for. The chief of the  are -, , and. in, 6643.  FRANKENBERG, an important of,  of, is situated on the , 7 s N.E. of. The principal s are the great, restored in –, and the new. Frankenberg has extensive, , and , and also  and. Its al establishments include a, a real , and a   for , in connexion with which there is a. in, 10,462.  FRANKENHAUSEN, a of, of, is situated on the , 36 s N.N.E. of. It consists of an old and a new, the latter mostly rebuilt since a very destructive in , and has an old , two es, a  for s, a , and a new. Its include the  of, s, and , and there is a   in the vicinity. At Frankenhausen a was fought 15th , in which the s under  were defeated by the , , and. in, 4725.  FRANKENSTEIN, a in the n province of, of, is situated 35 s S. by W. of the  of that. It has a of the, a , and an old. The principal s are, , and , , , and. in, 7492.  FRANKENTHAL, a in the district of, is situated on the, 9 s N.W. of , and is connected with the  by a  4 s in length. It has a, an , a and  institution, an  for , and the ruins of an old. Its principal are the  of, , and.

1em  FRANKFORT, a of the, capital of  and of the  of, is picturesquely situated on both sides of the  , on a space of elevated ground bounded by a  150  high. It is distant 29 s W.N.W. from, and 65 s E. from , by. The is crossed at Frankfort by two s, and that portion of the  lying on the south side of the  is known as South Frankfort. The principal s are the, a   with a handsome  supported by  s, the institution for  , the  , the  , and the public. The beautiful contains the remains of, the  of , who died  20,. Frankfort has and  and  s, and a considerable  in. The is  for  40 s above the. Frankfort was laid out in, and became the capital of in. In it was occupied for a short time by the. The in  was 3702, and in, 5396, of whom 2335 were.  FRANKFORT-, in  or, one of the principal  of the , in the  of , in the n province of , and till  one of the four  of. It lies about 330 above the, in 50°6′ 43″N. and 8°41′ 9″E. , 22 s E. of and 16 s N. of. The position which it occupies is one of no small natural beauty in the broad and fertile of the, its northern horizon being formed by the soft outlines of the. The surrounding is richly clad with  and, and in the  of  especially presents a prospect of indescribable luxuriance. In earlier times the with its s had the form of an irregular, of which the longest side was defined by the right  of the ; but now that the s have been demolished, new s have spread out widely in all directions, and the  of  on the opposite side of  has extended in a similar fashion, so that the whole  of  occupation measures about 2 s from E. to W., and about 2 s from N. to S. Even within the old  great transformations have been effected, and much of the quaint domestic  and the intricate network of narrow s and s has<section end="FRANKFORT (2.)" />