The name of the Franks, alongside the derived names of Francia and Franconia, are derived from the name given to a Germanic tribal confederation which emerged in the 3rd century AD.
A 19th-century depiction of different Franks (AD 400–600)
French franc coin of Charles V, with inscription Francorum Rex ('King of the Franks')
Franconia is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect .
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian—and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Nuremberg
Würzburg
Bamberg
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers