Obernburg, Bavaria, Germany extracted from the Internet BEGIN The town belonged from the early 14th century until 1803 to the State of Mainz, and from 1803-1814 to the Grand-Duchy of Frankfurt. From 1814 it was part of Bavaria. The bishops of Mainz also granted the city rights somewhere between 1317 and 1345. END References: newspaper article describing a trip to Obernburg, Bavaria, Newspapers->Misc->3.128.jpg