Brothers Grimm Memorial in Hanau, by Syrius Eberle
The German Fairy Tale Route[1] (German: Deutsche Märchenstraße) is a tourist attraction in Germany originally established in 1975. With a length of 600 kilometres (370 mi),[2] the route runs from Hanau in central Germany to Bremen in the north. Tourist attractions along the route are focused around the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, including locations where they lived and worked at various stages in their life, as well as regions which are linked to the fairy tales found in the Grimm collection, such as The Town Musicians of Bremen. The Verein Deutsche Märchenstraße society, headquartered in the city of Kassel, is responsible for the route, which travellers can recognize with the help of road signs depicting the heart-shaped body and head of a pretty, princess-like creature.[3]
Deutsche Märchenstrasse logoPlan of the German Fairy Tale Route
^This is the official name used on the website - see Portrait. However, many English sources also call it the "German Fairy Tale Road".
^German Fairy Tale Route brochure, Deutsche Märchenstraße e.V., Kassel, 2007.
^Presseinfos des Vereins: „10.04.2010 - Presse-Basis-Info“ (PDF) Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine (checked on July 8, 2010, in German only)
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