 Today, Franconia is in the centre of the EU (at Oberwestern near Westerngrund; )

While Old Bavaria is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, Franconia is a mixed area.Lower Franconia and the western half of Upper Franconia (Bamberg, Lichtenfels, Kronach) is predominantly Catholic, while most of Middle and the eastern half of Upper Franconia (Bayreuth, Hof, Kulmbach) are predominantly Protestant (Evangelical Church in Germany).The city of Fürth in Middle Franconia historically (before the Nazi era) had a large Jewish population; Henry Kissinger was born there.