Franken

Franken is a name for:

Groups of people

Francs ( people ), a West Germanic ethnic group
Crusaders, which generalizes in the parlance of the eastern Mediterranean were called francs
Francs ( pilgrims), pilgrims who came from beyond the Alps or the Pyrenees to Spain and Italy
(Own ) name for French in the time of the French Revolution, partly also as " Neufranken ".
Members of various German student connections with the name Franconia Franconia or
Franci, Roman foreign collective name for the enemies of Rome, barbarians, Germans
Franci, in the modern parlance of the eastern Mediterranean, Central Europeans and Westerners

Regions

Francs ( region ), a region in Germany
Duchy of Franconia
Frankish kingdom Circle
Frankish Empire
The Franconia wine region, see Franconia ( wine region )
Franconia region, former name of Baden-Württemberg Zoning and planning regions Heilbronn-Franken region

Franken is the German name for currencies:

Swiss Franc (Fr / Fr / CHF ), the Swiss currency
Belgian franc ( fr / BEF), the former monetary unit of Belgium
French Franc (FF / FF ), the former monetary unit of France
Luxembourg Franc ( Flux / LUF), the former monetary unit of Luxembourg
Saar franc, only in Saarland 1954-1959 valid coins with German inscription which referred to the French franc.
Francesco, a coin and currency denomination of France, which has spread to other countries
Gold francs, an international accounting unit

Franken referred to the following locations:

Franc ( Haut-Rhin), commune in Alsace, France
Francs ( Laberweinting ), part of the municipality Laberweinting, the district of Straubing -Bogen, Bavaria
Francs ( Sinzig ), district of the city Sinzig, district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland -Palatinate
Francs ( White City), part of the city White City, State Wunsiedel, Bavaria
Francs ( Waldenburg ), part of the community forest castle, Landkreis Zwickau, Saxony

Franconia is the surname of:

Al Franken ( born 1951 ), American Senator, author and satirist
Alois Bergmann -Franken (1897-1965), German painter
Andrea Franks ( b. 1963 ), Hamburg politician (GAL, PDS, The Left )
Anne Franks (1890-1958), German educator and politician ( center, CDU)
Hermann Franken (1846-1931), industrialist and member of the German Reichstag
Irene Franks ( b. 1952 ), German historian and journalist
Johannes Muller -Franken (* 1960), German painter
Joseph Paul Franks (1900-1980), German jurist, civil servant and politician ( CDU)
Karl Muller -Franken (1873-1927), German economist and politician
Norbert Franken (* 1961 in Kempen / Niederrhein), German classical archaeologist
Paul von Franken (1818-1884), German painter
Paul Franks ( politician ) ( 1894-1944 ), German politician ( USPD, SPD )
Paul Franks ( historian ) ( 1903-1984 ), German historian
Peter Franks (1928-1999), American physicist
Rob Franken (1941-1983), a Dutch jazz pianist, keyboardist and organist
Rose Franken (1895-1988), American author
Sebastian Müller -Franken (* 1963), German legal scholar and university teacher
Steve Franks (1932-2012), American actor
Will Klinger francs (1909-1986), German painter