High Franconian German

Upper Franconian is a German dialect, which belongs to the Franconian dialects and is spoken in the transition zone between the Central German and Upper German. It is divided into the East Frankish and Südfränkische. The Oberfränkische has contributed to Ostjiddischen. The dialect is spoken around Nuremberg, Karlsruhe, Erlangen, Fürth, Heilbronn, Würzburg and Plauen in Germany, in a smaller area in France and at least historically in Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Part of the area of the Upper Franconian one franc. The East Frankish divided into the Oberostfränkische, the Unterostfränkische and the East Franconian. For the last name of the Upper Franconian dialect area includes farmhouse, Hofmann, Merkel, Paul Schmidt and Schneider.