Faber-Castell experience

The marriage between Baroness Ottilie von Faber and Count Alexander zu Castell-Riidenhausen in 1898 was also the birth of a new line of nobility that has long been a hallmark for quality products, known throughout the world: Faber-Castell. The castle belonging to the counts von Faber-Castell in Stein near Nuremberg illustrates the liaison between the spirit of industrial progress and the traditional values of a long-established aristocratic family.

The “old lead factory” museum on the other side of the river is just waiting to be explored. On a tour of two floors of this former factory, visitors experience the largely manual production of pencil leads in the 19th and early 20th century. Numerous authentic photographs and other images, texts, and sound recordings document how strenuous and dirty the work was.

Besides the castle and the museum, we are happy to show you our modern production lines for wood-cased pencils.

The worldwide known, year-round Christmas Specialty Store from Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Discover traditional Christmas decorations from different areas in Germany. Be captured by handmade nutcrackers and incense smokers, hand-painted Christmas tree decorations made of glass, wood or pewter and enjoy the "world of Kiithe Wohlfahrt" with Christmas decorations from their own "Rothenburg Christmas Workshop".