Herrngasse
Lane of old patrician houses running to the castle gate, lined with shops and a Christmas museum.
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This guide to Herrngasse in Rothenburg ob der Tauber follows Harald Wohlfahrt, son of the couple who built a business on selling Christmas all year round, from a hawker's shop where he wanted something off the display. It touches the family's move to the town, the old lane of patrician houses, and the glassblowers' wives of Lauscha who walked their sample cases to market. Best heard on the street outside Herrngasse number one, then inside beneath the central tree.
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