Rothenburg o.d.Tauber - on your way to Munich
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is in a driving-distance of maybe 2 hours from Mespelbrunn.
There are many cosy places all over Rothenburg ob der Tauber like this old black-smith in a halftimbered house close to "Spitaltor" (one of the towngates in the east of town.
This is what makes Rothenburg ob der Tauber so unique - it still has the old town-wall and you may even freely walk around the town that way - free of charge, at any time, day and night. Simply use any of the many wooden stairs up the wall - but be extra careful, people in the Middle Ages were much smaller than most of us are, and most of these wooden stairs are still original and not always up to todays security standarts

The only real Wirtshaus im Spessart from the movie
the coat of arms of the family