Franz Mozart


Franz Mozart was a German mason and the grandfather of Leopold Mozart and great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The son of bricklayer , Franz worked as a master mason and lived in the Fuggerei beginning in 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.