Mosbach
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Location of Mosbach
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2022–30) | Julian Stipp[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.16 km2 (24.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 74821 |
| Dialling codes | 06261, 06263 (Reichenbuch), 06267 (Sattelbach) |
| Vehicle registration | MOS, BCH |
| Website | www.mosbach.de |
Mosbach (German pronunciation: [ˈmoːsbax] Audio file "De-Mosbach.ogg" not found; South Franconian: Mossbach) is a town in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Neckar-Odenwald district and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, Neckarelz, Diedesheim, Sattelbach and Reichenbuch.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Mosbach is located about 35 km east of Heidelberg, south of the Odenwald mountains at a height of 134-354m at the confluence of the Neckar and the Elz. The town is part of the conservation area Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park and the UNESCO Bergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park.
| Climate data for Mosbach (precipitation normals 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average precipitation mm | 90.0 | 76.6 | 77.2 | 51.1 | 81.0 | 71.1 | 81.6 | 71.1 | 67.1 | 79.8 | 82.6 | 109.6 | 938.8 |
| Average precipitation inches | 3.54 | 3.02 | 3.04 | 2.01 | 3.19 | 2.80 | 3.21 | 2.80 | 2.64 | 3.14 | 3.25 | 4.31 | 36.95 |
| Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst[2] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit | edit source]The settlement of Mosbach developed around the Benedictine monastery of Mosbach Abbey ("Monasterium Mosabach"), the first written record of which dates from the 9th century. In 1241 rights and privileges had been granted to Mosbach as an Imperial free city. These rights were lost in 1362 when Mosbach became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate. With the division of the lands of King Rupert in 1410, Mosbach became the capital of a small principality known as Palatinate-Mosbach as the inheritance for his son Otto I. With the death of his brother John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt 1443, the territory of Palatinate-Neumarkt was added in a personal union to Palatinate-Mosbach creating the territory of Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt. This principality was dissolved with the death of Count Palatine Otto II in 1499. The city and adjoining territory reverted to the Electorate of the Palatinate, and Mosbach became the capital of the administrative district of "Oberamt Mosbach". In 1806 the city was made part of the Grand Duchy of Baden. In World War II, the Mosbach area was the location of a Daimler-Benz[3] underground airplane engine factory,[3][4] codenamed "Goldfisch".[3] It was occupied by the 289th Combat Engineer Battalion in the immediate postwar period.
Twin towns and sister cities
[edit | edit source]- Hungary Budapest II, Hungary
- France Château-Thierry, France
- Turkey Finike, Turkey
- England Lymington, England, United Kingdom
- Italy Rosolina, Italy
Points of interest
[edit | edit source]Historic sites include:
- the historic town centre with the pedestrian area and timber-framed houses, such as:
- the Palm House built in 1610, which is the town's emblem
- the Salzhaus, which is the oldest timber-framed house
- old town hall with tower
- the former collegiate church, now a parish church, of which the nave is used by the Protestants, and the chancel by the Roman Catholics
- the Tempelhaus in Neckarelz, which has the character of both a castle and a church.
Mosbach lies on two heritage routes:
- the Burgenstraße (“Castle Road”), linking many historic castles
- the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße (“German Half-timbered Road”), joining the locations of many of the best German half-timbered buildings
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Kickelhain House
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The “Palmsche Haus” at the market place
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Market place, opposite side to the “Palmsche Haus”
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Town hall
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A picturesque corner
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Mosbach and the other cities on the Neckar River
Notable people born in Mosbach
[edit | edit source]- TM Garret, German-American human-rights activist
- Franz Müller, German film director, screenwriter and producer
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Mosbach 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
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External links
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