Fresh pretzels and other baked goods in the window of Bäckerei Striffler at Untere Schmiedgasse 1, 91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany (baecker-striffler.de). Rothenburg, with its well-preserved medieval old town, sits in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, in the Franconia region of Bavaria, about 41 miles west of Nuremberg.