... actually, I just looked this up in Wikipedia... Franconia is part of the modern German state, but it was only lumped in with Bavaria by Napoleon, in exchange for much of Bavaria being ceded to Austria (which helps me makes sense of why my Austrian relatives had always taught me that Austria was part of Bavaria, despite the Austro-Hungarian empire obviously being a separate entity).
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Yes, Catholicism is very present in Bavaria - stationed in Augsberg for 5 years. It is also no wonder they had so many wars - no body knew who they belonged to from one day to the next lol.