was home to the Tauberbischofsheim altarpiece, a monumental piece of German renaissance art by Master Mathis now kept in the Karlsruhe Kunsthalle. Museums In Tauberbischofsheim and its suburbs there are the following museums: Pharmacy Museum Farm Museum, Distelhausen Village Museum, Dittwar Village Museum, Impfingen School Furniture Museum, Tauberbischofsheim Tauber Franconian countryside museum in the Kurmainz Castle, Tauberbischofsheim Regular events Every May there is a traditional Maypole festival at Wörth square. In the same month there is an Italian Night at the market place. The "Tauberbischofsheimer Altstadtfest" (old town festival) is traditionally on the first weekend of July, from Friday to Sunday. During Advent, the traditional Tauberbischofsheim Christmas Market is a popular meeting place at the castle square. Culinary specialties Tauberbischofsheim and its environments are characterized in the lowlands by extensive fruit and wine growing areas. Here Tauber valley wines and sparkling wines are produced. Also beers (in the Distelhäuser brewery in the district Distelhausen), fruit brandies, regional cider and apple juice are produced. Regional specialties include Tauber trout, Boeuf de Hohenlohe, Tauber valley country pig products, Tauber valley lamb and regional Grünkern. Sports Fencing The Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim (commonly known as FC Tauberbischofsheim) is the most successful fencing club in the world, based on its medal successes in international sporting events. Medalists have included Thomas Bach, Matthias Behr, Anja Fichtel, Zita Funkenhauser, Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein and Alexander Pusch. The FC Tauberbischofsheim is based at the Tauberbischofsheim Olympic team training camp for the sport of fencing. Other sports The TSV 1863 Tauberbischofsheim e. V is a popular sports club with 2,304 members (as of 2 October 2014) with eleven different departments for the following sports: Football (soccer), Judo, Gymnastics, Badminton, Basketball, Table tennis, Tennis, Rock n roll, Volleyball, Handball and Karate. Economy Tourism Tauberbischofsheim is located on the Romantic Road (), a tourist route that connects many scenic cities and towns. The Romantic Road is the oldest tourist route in Germany. Tauberbischofsheim is also part of the Siegfried Road. Others Diestelhausen is home to the Distelhäuser Brewery. Infrastructure Transport The Taubertalradweg along the Tauber River connects Tauberbischofsheim in one direction with Bad Mergentheim and Rothenburg ob der Tauber (in the other direction with Wertheim). Health Tauberbischofsheim's hospital has a public indoor pool with sauna and exercise pool. The solar-heated Frankenbad is a municipal swimming pool. Education The Christian-Morgenstern-Grundschule and the Grundschule am Schloss are the primary schools in Tauberbischofsheim. Tauberbischofsheim operates