Hanau
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Hanau is a city in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway station is a major junction and it has a port on the rive
Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
Hanau Steinheim Platz des Friedens 20101119
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Hanau Kesselstadt Schloss Philippsruhe 20101209
Brothers Grimm
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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors whose work in folklore, linguistics, and literary scholarship shaped the development of moder
Hanau
…station is a major junction and it has a port on the river Main, making it an important transport centre. The city is known for being the birthplace of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and Franciscus Sylvius. Since the 16th century it was a centre of precious metal working, with many goldsmiths. It is home to Heraeus, one of Germany's…
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm, depicted by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855).
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived in this house in Steinau from 1791 to 1796.
Jacob Grimm lecturing (illustration by Ludwig Emil Grimm, c. 1830)
Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, c. 1837