Mosbach | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mosbach within Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district  | |
  Mosbach  Mosbach | |
| Coordinates:49°21′8″N9°8′48″E / 49.35222°N 9.14667°E /49.35222; 9.14667 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor(2022–30) | Julian Stipp[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.23 km2 (24.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 23,484 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| 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:[ˈmoːsˌbax]ⓘ;South Franconian:Mossbach) is a town in the north ofBaden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of theNeckar-Odenwalddistrict and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, Neckarelz, Diedesheim, Sattelbach and Reichenbuch.
Mosbach is located about 35 km east ofHeidelberg, south of theOdenwald mountains at a height of 134-354m at the confluence of theNeckar and theElz. The town is part of the conservation areaNeckartal-Odenwald Nature Park and theUNESCOBergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park.
| Climate data for Mosbach (precipitation normals 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averageprecipitation 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[3] | |||||||||||||
The settlement of Mosbach developed around theBenedictine monastery ofMosbach 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 anImperial free city. These rights were lost in 1362 when Mosbach became part of theElectorate of the Palatinate. With the division of the lands of KingRupert in 1410, Mosbach became the capital of a small principality known asPalatinate-Mosbach as the inheritance for his sonOtto I. With the death of his brotherJohn, Count Palatine of Neumarkt 1443, the territory ofPalatinate-Neumarkt was added in a personal union to Palatinate-Mosbach creating the territory ofPalatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt. This principality was dissolved with the death of Count PalatineOtto II in 1499. The city and adjoining territory reverted to theElectorate of the Palatinate, and Mosbach became the capital of the administrative district of"Oberamt Mosbach". In 1806 the city was made part of theGrand Duchy of Baden. InWorld War II, the Mosbach area was the location of aDaimler-Benz[4] underground airplane engine factory,[4][5] codenamed "Goldfisch".[4] It was occupied by the289th Combat Engineer Battalion in the immediate postwar period.
Budapest II, Hungary
Château-Thierry, France
Finike, Turkey
Lymington, England, United Kingdom
Rosolina, ItalyHistoric sites include:
Mosbach lies on twoheritage routes:
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Towns and municipalities inNeckar-Odenwald (district) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Geographic | |
