{"id":11916,"date":"2022-08-30T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/?p=11916"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:28:34","slug":"brothers-grimm-hanau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/brothers-grimm-hanau\/","title":{"rendered":"The brothers who set out to research the German language\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost every child still knows their fairy tales today. They have been translated into some 160 languages, in such large circulations that only the Bible surpasses them. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm spent their early years in Hanau where the small Hessian town shaped the spirit for their entire lives. Here is a city walk in the footsteps of the world-famous linguists and collectors of fairy tales!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the Brothers Grimm Street, the Brothers Grimm School and even the traffic light at the Freedom Square in Hanau, which magically surprises pedestrians when they are allowed to cross the street: as a traffic light man in the form of the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, Germany’s most famous storytellers. We are in Hanau and Hanau is the Brothers Grimm city. The brothers belong to the Hessian town like the typical green sauce belongs to Frankfurt, 20 kilometers away. And so, it is not surprising that visitors see the name Grimm in many places throughout the city. And, of course, their fairy tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Grimm stands larger than life next to his seated brother, Wilhelm. Or, is it the other way around? According to legend, the brothers switch places at midnight. Since 1896, a bronze statue of them has sat in the town\u2019s market square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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