A seated man in a shop window is sharpening pencils. He is dressed as a seventeenth-century artisan of Nuremberg. One of the most famous office supply companies, Staedtler, was born in Nuremberg, and it still has its headquarters there. As early as the seventeenth century, Frederick Staedtler became the exclusive manufacturer of pencils. He owned all the sawmills and the production of leads. The city council demanded to split the paperwork; otherwise, Staedtler will not be allowed to trade in the city. Friedrich had to accept the regulations. Still, already in 1835, his descendant John Sebastian Staedtler founded the company Staedtler, taking the helmet of the war god Mars as an allegory of the struggle for the right to conduct a monopoly business. The logo was finally approved in 1958. In 2010 the new Fimo brand was released - Staedtler polymer clay for modeling.
This walking one day tour of old Nuremberg is perfect. The walk begins at Frauentorturm directly opposite the exit of the underpass of the central railway station and runs along Königstrasse with its main churches and original shops. The footpath enters the church of St. Lorenz with its medieval architecture and the works of Adam Kraft - a contemporary of Albrecht Dürer. The path continues to the famous Nassau House through Hans Sachs Square to Holy Spirit Hospital and makes a beautiful loop through Schütt Island, the Pegnitz River, and Church of Katarina leads to the central square of Hauptmarkt and the bells of the Frauenkirche church and leads to Beautiful Fountain, where wishes are usually made. Then the walk passes near Rathausplatz and leads to the St. Sebald - Sebalduskirche gives an excellent lunch at Goldenes Posthorn Restaurant. After lunch, the path leads to the City Museum in Fembo house, Pellerhof, Museum Tucherschloss und Hirsvogelsaal, Imperial courtyard of Kaiserburg. It allows you to enjoy city views from Imperial castle Nürnberg. Further, the footpath will lead to the house of Albrecht Dürer, the home of Pilate, the gates of the Tiergärtnertorturm, and the courtyards of the breweries. We will meet The Toy Museum in Nuremberg, admire the executioner’s bridge, learn the story of the bagpipe, walk through the shopping quarter and end the day at the fountain carousel of family relationships and realize that everything is relative in this world.