Editing Mosbach

{{Distinguish|Moßbach|Moosbach, Bavaria}}

{{Infobox German place
|type              = Stadt
|image_coa         = DEU Mosbach COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|21|8|N|9|8|48|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_photo       = Mosbach Merianblick 3.JPG
|image_plan        = Mosbach in MOS.svg
|state             = Baden-Württemberg
|region            = Karlsruhe
|district          = Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
|elevation         = 156
|area              = 62.16
|postal_code       = 74821
|area_code         = 06261, 06263 (Reichenbuch), 06267 (Sattelbach) 
|licence           = MOS, BCH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08225058
|divisions         = 6 
|website           = [http://www.mosbach.de/ www.mosbach.de]
|mayor             = Julian Stipp<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-mosbach-2022/ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Mosbach 2022], Staatsanzeiger.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;30
|Bürgermeistertitel = Lord Mayor
|party             = 
}}

'''Mosbach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmoːsˌbax|-|De-Mosbach.ogg}}; [[South Franconian German|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==
Mosbach is located about 35&nbsp;km east of [[Heidelberg]], south of the [[Odenwald]] mountains at a height of 134-354m at the confluence of the [[Neckar]] and the [[Elz (Neckar)|Elz]]. The town is part of the conservation area [[Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park]] and the [[UNESCO]] [[Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park|Bergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park]].

{{Weather box |collapsed = yes
|location = Mosbach (precipitation normals 1991-2020)
|metric first = Yes
| precipitation colour    = green
| Jan precipitation mm  =90.0
| Feb precipitation mm  =76.6
| Mar precipitation mm  =77.2
| Apr precipitation mm  =51.1
| May precipitation mm  =81.0
| Jun precipitation mm  =71.1
| Jul precipitation mm  =81.6
| Aug precipitation mm  =71.1
| Sep precipitation mm  =67.1
| Oct precipitation mm  =79.8
| Nov precipitation mm  =82.6
| Dec precipitation mm  =109.6
| year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = ''[[Deutscher Wetterdienst]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dwd.de/DE/leistungen/klimadatendeutschland/mittelwerte/nieder_9120_SV_html.html?view=nasPublication&nn=771428 |title=Niederschlag: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020 |access-date=23 February 2024|website=dwd.de |publisher=Deutscher Wetterdienst |no-pp=y |language=German |trans-title=Precipitation: Long-term averages for 1991-2020}}</ref>
}}

==History==
The settlement of Mosbach developed around the [[Order of St. Benedict|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, King of the Romans|Rupert]] in 1410, Mosbach became the capital of a small principality known as [[Palatinate-Mosbach]] as the inheritance for his son [[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach|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, Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt|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]]<ref name=Potsdam>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/AYearOfPotsdam/AYearOfPotsdam_djvu.txt|title = A Year of Potsdam|year = 1946|publisher = Office of Military Government. Economics Division.}}</ref> underground airplane engine factory,<ref name=Potsdam/><ref name=Gurney>
{{Citation |last=Gurney |first=Gene (Major, USAF) |year=1962 |title=The War in the Air: a pictorial history of World War II Air Forces in combat |location=New York |publisher=Bonanza Books 
|page=220}}</ref> codenamed "Goldfisch".<ref name=Potsdam/>  It was occupied by the [[289th Engineer Combat Battalion (United States)|289th Combat Engineer Battalion]] in the immediate postwar period.

==Twin towns and sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Mosbach is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.mosbach.de/Partnerstaedte.html|website=mosbach.de|publisher=Mosbach|language=de|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=21em}}
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[2nd district of Budapest|Budapest II]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Château-Thierry]], France
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Finike]], Turkey
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lymington]], England, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rosolina]], Italy
{{div col end}}

==Points of interest==
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 [[Protestant]]s, and the chancel by the [[Roman Catholic]]s
* the ''Tempelhaus'' in Neckarelz, which has the character of both a castle and a church.

Mosbach lies on two ''heritage'' routes:
* the [[Castle Road|''Burgenstraße'']] (''“Castle Road”''), linking many historic castles
* the [[German Timber-Frame Road|''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'']] (''“German Half-timbered Road”''), joining the locations of many of the best German half-timbered buildings

<gallery>
image:Mosbach kickelhain.jpg|Kickelhain House
image:Mosbach_palmscheshaus.jpg|The “Palmsche Haus” at the market place
image:Mosbach marktplatz gegenseite.jpg|Market place, opposite side to the “Palmsche Haus”
image:Mosbach rathaus.jpg|Town hall
image:Mosbach_winkel.jpg|A picturesque corner
image:Neckar river watershed.png|Mosbach and the other cities on the Neckar River
</gallery>

==Notable people born in Mosbach==
*[[TM Garret]], German-American human-rights activist
*[[Franz Müller (film director)|Franz Müller]], German film director, screenwriter and producer

==See also==
*[[Schloss Mosbach]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Mosbach}}

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