Wachs-Schenk
Wachs-Schenk is the shop of the Th. Schenk wax goods factory at Schmalzmarkt 10 in Würzburg. The family business has existed since 1750 and is one of the oldest craft businesses in the city. The candles are dipped, not pressed, in the company's own factory in Rosengasse: a cotton wick runs repeatedly through a bath of paraffin, beeswax and stearin, layer by layer.
The range extends from altar, Easter, baptism and wedding candles to beeswax candles and grave lights, as well as incense and garden torches. On 16 March 1945 the building and factory were destroyed and later rebuilt. Since 2013, master chandler Martin Schenk has run the business with his sister.
- City
- Würzburg
- Content updated
Image: Michael 
Image: Michael 
Image: Michael 
Image: Michael
Take this page with you
The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Würzburg. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.