In the county of Hanau, Hesse, in the very heart of Germany, the Grimm brothers lived. There were brothers as big as fingers, and even little sister Lotta. Their father was a judge, and a kind mother ran the household. In the county of Hanau, Hesse, in the very heart of Germany, the Grimm brothers lived. There were brothers as big as fingers, and even little sister Lotta. Their father was a judge, and a kind mother ran the household. 13th century Hanau
When Jacob was six, the family moved to his father's homeland, to quiet and cozy Steinau. There were plenty of miracles here. What was the value of one old house where the Grimms settled? The house of the Grimm family in Steinau The house of the Grimm family in Steinau and where, according to the stories of adults, a ghost wandered in the dead of night. And there was also a city wall, near which two keys were beaten and where, according to the same adults, storks brought children, and a huge "bee" garden.
Oh, how the Grimm family needed then a good fairy from a fairy tale, “knowing how best to avert trouble”! This good fairy for the Brothers Grimm for many years was their mother's sister. She helped the children get an education. Oh, how the Grimm family needed then a good fairy from a fairy tale, “knowing how best to avert trouble”! This good fairy for the Brothers Grimm for many years was their mother's sister. She helped the children get an education.
Kassel of the 8th century Before two serious and zealous young men from the provinces, the whole world opened up: Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm. In the meantime, a postal carriage, decorated with coats of arms, took them to the city of Kassel, to the lyceum, which they were able to complete in four years instead of the prescribed seven.
University in Marburg But the legal profession, chosen by family tradition, attracts the brothers less and less. It is much more interesting to look for majestic medieval poems and legends in ancient manuscripts. But the legal profession, chosen by family tradition, attracts the brothers less and less. It is much more interesting to look for majestic medieval poems and legends in ancient manuscripts.
Positions change one after another: secretary of the military mission, diplomat, librarian. But even working in the library with Wilhelm (sometimes “a pleasant and useful activity”) does not allow him to do the main thing. Native "old language, poetic art and law" - that's what captivates the brothers more and more.
In the years the first articles by Jacob and Wilhelm appeared, and by 1811 the first books. Sometimes they were signed with the name of one of the brothers. And if the work could not be divided, they simply put two words: "The Brothers Grimm."
"Collected by the Brothers Grimm" they also wrote on their most famous book, "Children's and Family Tales", the first volume of which was a gift for Christmas 1812. Among those who helped the brothers in collecting fairy tales were modest servants and baronial daughters, and one of the storytellers, the twelve-year-old daughter of a pharmacist, became Wilhelm's wife many years later.
The storm - expulsion from the University of Göttingen and from the possessions of the Hanoverian king for supporting freedom and the constitution - was helped to survive by true friendship. "We will never part with you!" "We are so accustomed to our community that separation for me is tantamount to death."
The brothers were not alike: the serious, eschewing "idle" company Jacob and soft, romantic Wilhelm. How can one not remember their student nicknames "Old Man" and "Kid". The brothers were not alike: the serious, eschewing "idle" company Jacob and soft, romantic Wilhelm. How can one not remember their student nicknames "Old Man" and "Kid".
And yet glory overtook them. She greeted the brothers with cheers in the student auditoriums. The work of Jacob Grimm on the "Grammar" and "Dictionary" of the German language aroused more interest than the fairy-tale collection in its time. The brothers became members of many scientific communities, national academies, professors and one of the founders of the science of German studies.
Well, everything is like in a fairy tale? No, recognition was not the golden rain that spilled in one of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. It was just the result of work, the work that made young Jacob save time so much that he went to get a haircut only after growing real curls, and cut his hair as short as possible so as to waste less time on this.
"German Grammar" in four volumes of a thousand pages each, a multi-volume "Dictionary of the German Language", which other scientists could finish only a hundred years later, "German Heroic Tales", "German Mythology", "Antiquities of German Law", "History of the German Language " and much more. "German Grammar" in four volumes of a thousand pages each, a multi-volume "Dictionary of the German Language", which other scientists could finish only a hundred years later, "German Heroic Tales", "German Mythology", "Antiquities of German Law", "History of the German Language " and much more. Throughout their lives, the Grimm brothers wrote and prepared for publication many extremely important and complex scientific works that live to this day:
What about fairy tales? These mysterious "Little Men", "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?.. As one of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm says: "If they have not died yet, then they are still alive." What about fairy tales? These mysterious "Little Men", "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?.. As one of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm says: "If they have not died yet, then they are still alive."
