Franz Mozart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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mason, great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
About Franz Mozart
- Franz Mozart (3 October 1649 – 1693 or 1694) was a German mason and the grandfather of Leopold Mozart and great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was the son of a bricklayer, David Mozart (1621–1685).
- Franz worked as a master mason and lived in the Fuggerei since 1681.
- He was born in Augsburg and died there.
- A commemorative plaque at his house there, Mittlere Gasse Nr.
- 14, commemorates him today.
- The bookbinder Johann Georg Mozart was his son. Franz Mozart is not to be confused with Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, the youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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