in bamberg shop window with christmas items company vehicle in front of the christmas museum in rothenburg ob der tauber k the wohlfahrt is a german company that sells christmas decorations and articles . its head office is in rothenburg ob der tauber in bavaria . according to the bavarian tourist site www.bavaria.by the unique christmas store with more than 30 000 traditional german christmas decorations ... has attracted millions of tourists from all over the world . 1 founded in 1964 in herrenberg near stuttgart by the husband and wife couple wilhelm and k the 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 2 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 . 3 the firm has a chain of shops in nuremberg bamberg oberammergau garmisch partenkirchen heidelberg and r desheim am rhein . in addition there are branches in riquewihr in france in bruges in belgium and also in stillwater minnesota usa . it also runs stalls at christmas markets . in addition to the stillwater mn store in the united states kathe wohlfahrt of america also has seasonal stores at christmas markets in arlington tx baltimore md. bethlehem pa pittsburgh pa . tyson corner va. chicago il and philadelphia pa and a canadian location in vancouver . the company is very well known outside the german speaking region . even its parent company in rothenburg ob der tauber is a tourist destination for many tourists from japan and the usa and a visit to k the wohlfahrt is often included as part of their germany or european tours . references edit k the wohlfahrt offers a year round christmas experience at www.bavaria.by . accessed on 11 dec 2010 . deutsches weihnachtsmuseum at www.weihnachtsmuseum.de . accessed on 11 dec 2010 . k the wohlfahrt the world famous christmas store at www.wohlfahrt.de . accessed on 11 dec 2010 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to k the wohlfahrt . wohlfahrt home page english kathe wohlfahrt of america home page coordinates 49 22 40 n 10 10 39 e 49.37778 n 10.17750 e 49.37778 ; 10.17750 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title k the wohlfahrt & oldid 723810081 categories retail companies of germanyrothenburg ob der tauberhidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 5 june 2016 at 11 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view