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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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–Meuse river system
surface form: Rhine River system
earlyInhabitedBy Marcomanni
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
river trade
viticulture
hasHistoricalSignificance Germanic-Roman interactions
migration of Germanic tribes
historicallyBorderedBy Limes Germanicus
surface form: Roman frontier (limes) in Germania
historicalPeriod Late Iron Age
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman Imperial era
knownAs early homeland of the Marcomanni
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Germanic languages
laterIntegratedInto Kingdom of the Franks
surface form: Frankish realm

Holy Roman Empire
locatedEastOf Rhine
surface form: Rhine River
locatedIn central Germany
locatedNorthOf Alps
locatedOnRiver River Main
surface form: Main River
locatedWestOf Bohemian Massif
namedAfter River Main
surface form: Main River
partOf Germanic Europe
surface form: Germanic tribal areas
riverBasin Main River basin
traversedBy River Main
surface form: Main River

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Marcomanni originRegion Main River region