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Grimm Brothers - Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
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Get to know the collectors of the famous fairy tales
Once upon a time..., many fairy tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers, begin with this phrase.
For centuries, children around the world have been listening to the Brother Grimms' stories spellbound. Even today, in the 21st century, their fairy tales are going strong.
My favourites are Hänsel & Gretel, Cinderella (Aschenputtel) and Little Red Riding Hood (Rotkäppchen).
Jacob Ludwig Carl & Wilhelm Carl Grimm were born in Hanau, Germany. The Grimm family had been living in Hanau for more than 100 years. Their father Philipp was a lawyer and town clerk in Hanau, their mother Dorothea née Zimmer hailed from Kassel in North Hessen.
House were the Grimms spent their childhood
Witches house from Hänsel and Gretel
The original house where the brothers were born in Hanau doesn't exist anymore, it was destroyed in 1945 during WWII. However, there used to be a cairn opposite their house of birth at Freiheitsplatz in Hanau and an information panel is still at the new house commemorate the place.
There is also a memorial of the brothers on market place in Hanau.
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Brothers Grimm
Brother duo of German academics and folklorists
For other uses, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation).
The Brothers Grimm (German: die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Town Musicians of Bremen" ("Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten"), "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Rotkäppchen"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), "Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folktales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was first published in 1812.
The Brothers Grimm spent their formative years in the town of Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Their father's death in 1796 (when Jacob was 11 and Wilhelm 10) caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers many years after. Both brothers attended the University of Marburg, where they developed a curiosity about German folklore, which grew into a lifelong dedication to collecting Ger
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