The wax workshop at Hauptplatz 6 in Pfaffenhofen, Germany, on the River Ilm

A wax and honey workshop, likely the last in all of Germany, remains in the small Lower Bavarian town of Pfaffenhofen on the River Ilm, thirty-one miles (50 km) north of Munich. Centuries ago all towns had such workshops to provide their populace with baked goods, honeywine, and candles. There is evidence that this particular shop has stood prominently for the...