Main River region

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The Main River region is a historical area in central Germany along the Main River, known as the early homeland of the Germanic Marcomanni tribe.

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Main River region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
approximateModernRegion Franconia
northern Bavaria
parts of Baden-Württemberg
parts of Hesse
associatedWithEthnicGroup Germanic peoples
associatedWithEvent Marcomannic movements toward Bohemia
associatedWithTribe Marcomanni
containsCity Aschaffenburg
Bamberg
Bayreuth
Frankfurt am Main
Hanau
Karlstadt am Main
Kitzingen
Lohr am Main
Marktheidenfeld
Miltenberg
Ochsenfurt
Offenbach am Main
Schweinfurt
Seligenstadt
Volkach
Würzburg
country Germany
currentPrimaryLanguage German
drainageBasinOf Rhine River system
earlyInhabitedBy Marcomanni
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
river trade
viticulture
hasHistoricalSignificance Germanic-Roman interactions
migration of Germanic tribes
historicallyBorderedBy Roman frontier (limes) in Germania
linked to: Limes Germanicus
historicalPeriod Late Iron Age
Roman Imperial era
linked to: Roman Antiquity
knownAs early homeland of the Marcomanni
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Germanic languages
laterIntegratedInto Frankish realm
Holy Roman Empire
locatedEastOf Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
locatedIn central Germany
locatedNorthOf Alps
locatedOnRiver Main River
linked to: River Main
locatedWestOf Bohemian Massif
namedAfter Main River
linked to: River Main
partOf Germanic tribal areas
linked to: Germanic Europe
riverBasin Main River basin
traversedBy Main River
linked to: River Main

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Marcomanni originRegion Main River region