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31-529: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two of ten children from Dorothea ( née Zimmer) and Philipp Wilhelm Grimm. Philipp was a highly regarded district magistrate in Steinau an der Straße , about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Hanau . Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to school for a classical education once they were of age, while their father was working. They were very hard-working pupils throughout their education. They followed in their father's footsteps and started to pursue

62-543: A Protestant minister in Steinau, and their father, Philipp Grimm , returned to his boyhood home as Amtmann (clerk) in 1791. The family lived in his official residence ( Amtshaus ) until 1796, when Phillip died. Jacob and Wilhelm went to live with their aunt in Hanau to finish their education, and the rest of the family remained in Steinau until 1805 in a house, Die Alte Kellerei , that still stands today at Brückentor . It

93-526: A day and established similar work habits. They also shared the same bed and room at school. After four years of rigorous schooling, Jacob graduated head of his class in 1802. Wilhelm contracted asthma and scarlet fever , which delayed his graduation by one year although he was also head of his class. Both were given special dispensations for studying law at the University of Marburg . They particularly needed this dispensation because their social standing at

124-516: A degree in law, and German history. In 1796, their father died at the age of 44 from pneumonia . This was a tragic time for the Grimms because the family lost all financial support and relied on their aunt, Henriette Zimmer, and grandfather, Johann Hermann Zimmer. At the age of 11, Jacob was compelled to be head of the household and provide for his family. After downsizing their home because of financial reasons, Henriette sent Jacob and Wilhelm to study at

155-616: A second, augmented and re-edited, volume in 1815. In 1816 Volume I of the German Legends ( German : Deutsche Sagen ) was published, followed in 1818, Volume II. The book that established their international success was Jacob's German Grammar in 1819. In 1825, the brothers published their Kleine Ausgabe or "small edition", a selection of 50 tales designed for child readers illustrated by Ludwig Emil Grimm . This children's version went through ten editions between 1825 and 1858. Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children and Household Tales)

186-539: A source of inspiration for artists and composers. Arthur Rackham , Walter Crane , and Rie Cramer are among the artists who have created illustrations based on the stories. "Grimms' Fairy Tales in English" by D.L. Ashliman provides a hyperlinked list of 50 to 100 English-language collections that have been digitized and made available online. They were published in print from the 1820s to 1920s. Listings may identify all translators and illustrators who were credited on

217-546: A year. While he was gone, Wilhelm became very interested in German literature and started collecting books. Once Jacob returned to Kassel in 1806, he adopted his brother's passion and changed his focus from law to German literature. While Jacob studied literature and took care of their siblings, Wilhelm continued on to receive his degree in law at Marburg. During the Napoleonic Wars , Jacob interrupted his studies to serve

248-516: Is considered the municipality's founding document. The town's heyday was in the 16th century, when the town church was rebuilt in Gothic style and increased in size. In 1528-55 the castle, since the 13th century a residence of the Counts of Hanau was rebuilt as a Renaissance palace. Schloss Steinau with its 35 metres (115 ft) high bergfried remains the town's landmark. In 1561, the town hall

279-529: Is listed by UNESCO in its Memory of the World Registry. The Grimms believed that the most natural and pure forms of culture were linguistic and based in history. Their work influenced other collectors, both inspiring them to collect tales and leading them to similarly believe, in a spirit of romantic nationalism , that the fairy tales of a country were particularly representative of it, to the neglect of cross-cultural influence. Among those influenced were

310-661: Is one of many half-timbered buildings that can be found throughout the town. Steinau lies on the Kinzig Valley Railway (Hesse) and offers hourly connections to Frankfurt and Fulda . Philipp Grot Johann Philipp Grot Johann (also Philipp Grotjohann ) (27 June 1841 in Stettin (Szczecin) – 26 October 1892 in Düsseldorf ) was one of the most prominent German illustrators of his time. He illustrated numerous editions of world-class literature but

341-566: Is probably best known for his illustrations of Grimm's Fairy Tales . Grot Johann initially pursued a career in engineering ; he spent his apprenticeship at AG Vulcan Stettin where he continued to work as a journeyman . In 1861 he took up studies in engineering at the Polytechnikum in Hannover where he discovered his vocation for artistry. Among his first works were illustrations of old German writings at Wartburg castle. With

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372-491: The 8th century. The first church was built in the 9th century. In the mid-13th century, St. Catherine's Church was big enough to accommodate burials on its grounds. On 4 July 1290, Emperor Rudolf von Habsburg granted a charter awarding Steinau the status of town and permitting it to hold a weekly market. This may have been motivated in part by Steinau's position on the Via Regia connecting Frankfurt and Leipzig. This charter

403-582: The G. Reimer 1819 edition at the end of volume 2. Steinau an der Stra%C3%9Fe Steinau an der Straße is a town of around 10,000 inhabitants in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse , Germany . It is situated on the river Kinzig , 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Fulda . The name Steinau refers to stones in the river; an der Straße, meaning on the road, refers to the historic trade route Via Regia from Leipzig to Frankfurt on which it

434-568: The Grot'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin , and also for works by William Shakespeare and Walter Scott . In spite of these prestigious commissions, and his extensive more commercially oriented work in graphic design , Grot Johann considered his illustrations of Grimm's Fairy Tales a central part of his opus. Some of these illustrations are mildly humorous, such as the one in The Devil With

465-550: The Hessian War Commission . In 1808, their mother died, and this was especially hard on Jacob as he took the position of father figure, while also trying to be a brother. From 1806 to 1810, the Grimm family had barely enough money to properly feed and clothe themselves. During this time, Jacob and Wilhelm were concerned about the stability of the family. Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano were good friends of

496-692: The Russian Alexander Afanasyev , the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe , the English Joseph Jacobs , and Jeremiah Curtin , an American who collected Irish tales. There was not always a pleased reaction to their collection. Joseph Jacobs was in part inspired by his complaint that English children did not read English fairy tales; in his own words, "What Perrault began, the Grimms completed". W. H. Auden praised

527-460: The brothers and wanted to publish folk tales, so they asked the brothers to collect oral tales for publication. The Grimms collected many old books and asked friends and acquaintances in Kassel to tell tales and to gather stories from others. Jacob and Wilhelm sought to collect these stories in order to write a history of old German Poesie and to preserve history. The first volume of the first edition

558-473: The collection during World War II as one of the founding works of Western culture. The tales themselves have been put to many uses. Adolf Hitler praised them so strongly that the Allies of World War II warned against them, as Hitler thought they were folkish tales showing children with sound racial instincts seeking racially pure marriage partners; for instance, Cinderella with the heroine as racially pure,

589-462: The north (clockwise): Freiensteinau , Neuhof , Flieden , Schlüchtern , the unincorporated area Gutsbezirk Spessart which completely surrounds the Stadtteil of Marjoß, Bad Soden-Salmünster and Birstein . The name Steinau is probably derived from Steinaha , Alemannic for "water flowing over rocks". Archaeological evidence indicates that there was a small settlement in this area in

620-559: The prestigious high school, Lyzeum, in Kassel . In school, their grandfather wrote to them saying that because of their current situation, they needed to apply themselves industriously to secure their future welfare. Shortly after attending Lyzeum, their grandfather died and they were again left to themselves to support their family in the future. The two became intent on becoming the best students at Lyzeum, since they wanted to live up to their deceased father. They studied more than twelve hours

651-577: The scholarly information included and the subject matter. Many changes through the editions – such as turning the wicked mother of the first edition in Snow White and Hansel and Gretel (shown in original Grimm stories as Hänsel und Grethel) to a stepmother, were probably made with an eye to such suitability. Jack Zipes believes that the Grimms made the change in later editions because they "held motherhood sacred". They removed sexual references—such as Rapunzel 's innocently asking why her dress

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682-466: The sixth edition in 1850, and the seventh edition in 1857. Stories were added, and also removed, from one edition to the next, until the seventh held 210 tales. Some later editions were extensively illustrated, first by Philipp Grot Johann and, after his death in 1892, by German illustrator Robert Leinweber. The first volumes were much criticized because, although they were called "Children's Tales", they were not regarded as suitable for children, both for

713-591: The stepmother as an alien, and the prince with an unspoiled instinct being able to distinguish. Writers who have written about the Holocaust have combined the tales with their memoirs, as Jane Yolen in her Briar Rose . Three individual works of Wilhelm Grimm include Altdänische Heldenlieder, Balladen und Märchen ('Old Danish Heroic Songs, Ballads, and Folktales') in 1811, Über deutsche Runen ('On German Runes') in 1821, and Die deutsche Heldensage ('The German Heroic Saga') in 1829. The Grimm anthology has been

744-527: The support of Peter von Cornelius , he moved to Düsseldorf in 1862 and studied first under Karl Ferdinand Sohn , then under Carl Johann Lasch . With the exception of the year 1867 which he spent in Antwerp , Grot Johann remained in Düsseldorf for the rest of his life. He provided the graphics for opulent editions of the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller that were published by

775-416: The time was not high enough to have normal admittance. University of Marburg was a small, 200-person university where most students were more interested in activities other than schooling. Most of the students received stipends even though they were the richest in the state. The Grimms received no stipends because of their social standing but were content since this kept the distractions away. Jacob attended

806-742: The title pages, and certainly identify some others. These are some translations of the original collection, also known as the first edition of Volume I. These are some translations of the two-volume seventh edition (1857): The code "KHM" stands for Kinder- und Hausmärchen . The titles are those as of 1857. Some titles in 1812 were different. All editions from 1812 until 1857 split the stories into two volumes. This section contains 201 listings, as "KHM 1" to "KHM 210" in numerical sequence plus "KHM 151a". The next section "Removed from final edition" contains 30 listings including 18 that are numbered in series "1812 KHM ###" and 12 without any label. The children's legends ( Kinder-legende ) First appeared in

837-702: The university first. He reportedly showed proof of his hard work ethic and quick intelligence. Wilhelm joined Jacob at the university, and Jacob drew the attention of Professor Friedrich Carl von Savigny , founder of its historical school of law. He became a prominent personal and professional influence on the brothers. Throughout their time at university, the brothers became quite close with Savigny and were able to use his personal library as they became interested in German law, history, and folklore. Savigny asked Jacob to join him in Paris as an assistant, and Jacob went with him for

868-817: Was built, followed a year later by the Amtshaus , seat of the Amtsmann , the local representative of the ruler. Like many other towns, Steinau suffered severely during the Thirty Years' War which brought plundering, fire and the plague. Another setback followed in the 18th century during the Seven Years' War . Only in the later part of that century did an economic upturn set in. The Brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) Grimm , famous for their collections of fairy tales and folklore, lived in Steinau during their childhood. Their grandfather, Friedrich Grimm (1730–1777) had been

899-418: Was getting tight around her belly, and thus naively revealing to the witch Dame Gothel her pregnancy and the prince's visits—but, in many respects, violence, particularly when punishing villains, became more prevalent. The brothers' initial intention of their first book, Children's and Household Tales , was to establish a name for themselves in the world. After publishing the first KHM in 1812, they published

930-1087: Was located. Steinau is best known for the Brothers Grimm who spent part of their childhood here. Steinau is located at an elevation of around 175 metres (574 ft) above NHN in the valley of the Kinzig river which divides the hills of the Spessart (to the south) from the Vogelsberg (to the north). The municipal territory extends into both ranges. Steinau consists of the following Stadtteile : Bellings  [ de ] , Hintersteinau  [ de ] , Klesberg, Marborn  [ de ] , Marjoß  [ de ] , Neustall  [ de ] , Sarrod  [ de ] , Rabenstein  [ de ] , Rebsdorf  [ de ] , Seidenroth  [ de ] , Steinau proper, Uerzell  [ de ] and Ulmbach  [ de ] . The neighbouring communities are from

961-452: Was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes containing the Kinder- und Hausmärchen ( KHM ) texts were issued in 1819 and the appendix was removed and published separately in the third volume in 1822, totaling 170 tales. The third edition appeared in 1837, the fourth edition in 1840, the fifth edition in 1843,

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