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Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach. Otto I (24 August 1390 – 5 July 1461) was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461. Life. Otto's gravestone, in front of the wall monument to his son John, at Reichenbach.
Count Palatine Otto I, who was born in Mosbach in 1390 and then chose to have his residence there as the heir to the Palatinate Electorate in 1410, and his son Otto II, had the Castle expanded considerably after 1430, although the work done on the building was not intended to exude grandness.
Otto I was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461.
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Located about 35 km east of Heidelberg, it is situated 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.
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....
Historic sites include: 1. the historic town centre with the pedestrian area and timber-framed houses, such as: 1.1. the Palm House built in 1610, which is the town's emblem 1.2. the Salzhaus, which is the oldest timber-framed house 2. old town hall with tower 3. the former collegiate church, now a parish church, of which the nave is used by the Pr...
Otto I (24 August 1390 - 5 July 1461) was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461. Otto was born in Mosbach in 1390 as the youngest son of Rupert III of the Palatinate, King of Germany.
Who was Otto II, Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt? Otto II Mathematicus was the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1461 until 1499.
Otto I (24 August 1390 – 5 July 1461) was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461. Life. Otto was born in Mosbach in 1390 as the youngest son of Rupert III of the Palatinate, King of Germany.
