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, who - though nominally Duke s of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. The rake appears in emblems of many Franconian cities, which were ruled by the bishops. It was only the Bavarian King Louis I , who made the rake a symbol for entire Franconia by adding it to the royal coat of arms in 1835 representing the king's rule in Franconia as a whole.]] Franconia ( (''Unterfranken''), Middle Franconia (''Mittelfranken''), and Upper Franconia (''Oberfranken''). Though its area has shifted, Franconia was one of the five original - 955 ), extended his power base in Franconia, establishing the Salian dynasty of the following century. Two Franconian duchies emerged, at least on paper, Rhenish Franconia along the Rhine, and Eastern Franconia. Rhenish Franconia (''Rheinfranken''), which gave the empire the Franconian or Salian dynasty of Emperors ( 1024 – 1125 ; Conrad II , Henry III , Henry IV and Henry V ), was virtually an empty title held by the Ottonian emperors until 1024 , when Conrad, the Salian count of Speyer and of Worms, became emperor. Rhenish Franconia's lands were actually governed in a constellation of Free Cities (like Frankfurt and Worms), bishoprics (Mainz, Speyer and Worms), the Rhenish Palatinate , Hesse and many smaller territories. The Salian Franconian territories were granted as a Fief in 1093 to the Count Palatine at Aachen , a territory that would evolve into the important German principality of the Rhenish Palatinate . In this way the Rhenish Franconia was divided and extinguished. In 1115 Emperor Henry V awarded the territory of Eastern Franconia (''Ostfranken'') to his nephew Conrad Of Hohenstaufen , who used the title "Duke of Franconia"; as the Hohenstaufen were increasingly preoccupied in Sicily, however, it came increasingly under the control of the bishops of Würzburg, whose rights were formalized in 1168 . The name "Franconia" fell out of usage, but the Bishop of Würzburg revived it in his own favour in 1442 and held it until Napoleon 's reforms. In 1803 , Napoleon incorporated the Bishop of Würzburg's Eastern Franconia into Bavaria , to which it still belongs today. Culturally it is in many ways different from Bavaria proper, however. The ancient name was resurrected in 1837 by Ludwig I, King Of Bavaria . While " Old Bavaria " is overwhelmingly Catholic , Franconia is a mixed area. Lower Franconia predominantly Catholic, while Middle and Upper Franconia are predominantly Protestant . The dialect East Franconian German is very different from Austro-Bavarian language. Most Franconians do not accept being called Bavarians . Even if there is no Franconian state, red and white are regarded as state colours (Landesfarben) of Franconia. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCE
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