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Do you know the story of the Grimm Brothers?
They were two brothers called Jakob and Wilhelm who lived in Germany
in the first half of the 19th century.
They were born in Hanau. They worked
together for their entire lives. They were fascinated by poetry and old
legends and travelled throughout Germany to collect all the tales that
were traditionally told round the hearths of village cottages.
Their first
book of tales, the "Kinder und Hausmärchen", was a great success
in Germany and abroad. In Germany it was the most reprinted book after
Luther's bible. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were also great scholars, researching
the origin and development of the German language. They lived and worked
in Kassel for many years and they were both made professors at Berlin University.
Information on the Grimm Brothers (in German) can be found at the Gutenberg Project site.
Timeline (in German) of the Grimm Brothers can be found at this site.
Information on the Grimm Brothers (in German) from the Onlinekunst.de site.
Grimm Brothers Chronology
Grimmnetz Die Brüder Grimm: Zeittafel
