Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Käthe-Wohlfahrt (German pronunciation: [ˌkɛːtə ˈvoːlfaːɐ̯t]) is a German company that sells Christmas decorations and articles. Its head office is in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria. According to the tourism site for the state of Bavaria, "the unique Christmas store with more than 30,000 traditional German Christmas decorations ... has attracted millions of tourists from all over the world." Founded in 1964 in Herrenberg near Stuttgart by the husband and wife couple Wilhelm and Käthe Wohlfahrt, it was taken over by their son, Harald. The firm moved from Herrenberg to the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in 1977. In their main shop in Rothenburg ob der Tauber there is a Christmas Museum and a Christmas exhibition. Amongst its extensive range of products are candles, Christmas tree decorations, nativity scenes and nutcrackers. The shop is open all year long and claims to have the world's largest selection of traditional German Christmas ornaments. The firm has a chain of shops in Nuremberg, Bamberg, Oberammergau, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Rüdesheim am Rhein. In addition there are branches in Riquewihr in France, in Bruges in Belgium, in Barcelona in Spain, on Stonegate in York in the United Kingdom, and in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States. It also runs stalls at Christmas markets. In addition to the Stillwater store in the United States, Kathe Wohlfahrt of America also has seasonal stores at Christmas markets in Arlington, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Tyson Corner, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as a Canadian location in Vancouver. The company is very well known outside the German-speaking region. Its parent company in Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a destination for many tourists from Japan and the United States and a visit to Käthe-Wohlfahrt is often included as part of their Germany or European tours.

St. James Church (German: St. Jakobskirche) is a Gothic church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. It was originally a Roman Catholic church but during the 16th century became a Lutheran church. The church is on a medieval pilgrimage route to St. James Church in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It contains the celebrated Holy Blood Altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider and a monumental altarpiece by Friedrich Herlin. The church has two towers (south tower: 55.2 m, 57.7 m north tower).

The Franciscan Friary of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German: Franziskanerkloster Rothenburg o.d. Tauber) is a former friary of the Conventual Franciscans in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria in the diocese of Bamberg. Nowadays the former Franciscan church is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church.

The Tauber Bridge at Rothenburg ob der Tauber is an historic road bridge that spans the Tauber Valley west of the town centre of the Middle Franconian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria. The structure carries a local link road to Leuzenbronn and the Tauber Valley Way and has a 4.0 metre wide roadway and a 1.0 metre wide footpath.

Vorbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Tauber near Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Schandtauber is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Tauber in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

St. Peter and Paul is a Gothic church in the quarter of Detwang in the Bavarian tourist resort of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the Tauber valley. The most important piece of artwork in the church is the crucifixion reredos by Tilman Riemenschneider. The church is a cultural heritage monument of Germany.

Gebsattel is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the Tauber River.

Neusitz is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany.

Seldeneck Castle (German: Burg Seldeneck) is a 13th-century castle ruin near the Seldeneck residential area in the district of Blumweiler, Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Steinsfeld is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany.

Adelshofen is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany.