Who has not heard of the brothers Jacob and William Grimm. As linguists they collected and published fairy tales and legends and developed the fundamentals of grammar. The Ger man Fairy tale Road runs between their place of birth Hanau, east of Frank furt, and Bremen, where their “Bremen musicians” monument is set.
Castle Marburg
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Rattenfängerhaus, Hameln
Schlösschen Bellvue, Kassel
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Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Brüder Grimm Denkmal, Kassel
Kunsthalle, Bremen
documenta-Halle, Kassel
Barkenhof in Worpswede
Fridericianum, Kassel
Böttcherstraße, Bremen
Through delightful river valleys and low mountain range landscapes, past castles, through medieval, small, winding, half-timbered towns, the Fairytale Road leads not only to the places of work of the Brothers Grimm (Hanau, Steinau, Mar burg, Kassel and Goet tingen), but also to the settings of some famous fairy tales (Saba - burg Sleeping Beauty Cas tle or Mother Holle Pond on the Hohe Meiß ner Hill). The picturesque old university town of Marburg is where the Brothers Grimm began their re - search.
Red Riding Hood country lies between Marburg and Fritzlar. The medieval cathedral and imperial town of Fritzlar is still nearly completely surrounded by the town wall with towers.
Continuing along the Fairy tale Road other places of famous stories and traditions are revealed, like that of the Pied Piper of Hamlin or Baron Muenchhausen in Bodenwerder on the middle Weser.
Wilhelmshoehe Castle and Park serve as reminders in Kassel of the significance of the city in Renaissance and Baroque times. The picturesque Lion Castle – on the outside a crumbling castle ruin, inside a homely summer residence – built by the Elector William, provided from time to time a fairytale setting for the Brothers Grimm. The Bellevue Palace houses the Brothers Grimm Museum as well as the Grimm archives and library. The Fridericianum Arts Centre is the headquarter of the re nowned, “documenta” that takes place every 4 years. Not far from Kassel is the Fairytale country Reinhards Forest in which lies the Sababurg Castle with rose garden and wild animal park, considered the Sleeping Beauty Castle of the Brothers Grimm.
In the Gesundbrunnen Park the bath houses and well temples serve as reminders of the heyday of the old Hofgeismar therapeutic bath.
Burghotel Schnellenberg, sophisticated castle, family-owned by the family Fürstenberg over the green hills of the Sauerland. read more … Burghotel Schnellenberg
Schafhof Amorbach, a former monastery, among the midst of the fantastically beautiful Bavarian Odenwald Nature Park. read more … Der Schafhof Amorbach
Parkhotel Wasserburg Anholt, noble moated castle, seat of the royals of Salm-Salm, near Arnheim, Holland. read more … Parkhotel Wasserburg Anholt
