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A famous ‘Wohngemeinschaft’ The Way to the “Uni” In the “Forsthof” (Ritterstrasse 15) Theatre, balls and (= commune) 1 2 3 a circle of readers 4-8 Barfüßerstraße 35 is a more they found it dirty with badly lit At the beginning of the 19th cen- When you go through this alley Behind the Lutheran parish himself familiar with works of the If you branch off the Ritter- edies. One street further in the than 400 year old half-timbered alleyways between warped and tury there were only about 170 to Rubenstein and go up the church there are steps up to the romantic school and minnesong. strasse and ascend the ‘Bickell- Reitgasse is Hofmann’s salon house. In it there lived the skewed houses. Jacob became enrolled students in Marburg. sandstone spiral stairway you picturesque Ritterstrasse. Go He introduced them to, and Treppe’ (= steps) you will find (house No. 5) where Jacob members of a very inportant very annoyed with the noises of In order to study they went to will come to the churchyard of to the left and you will come to taught them historically critical quotations from the works of the Grimm attended a ball which he little commune in a small corner the many barking dogs and the the houses of their Professors the Lutheran parish church. Turn house No. 15 which is decorated thought,so that they were able to Grimms on these steps between found to be “An exceptionally Grimm room which looked out on one cries of wood-selling farmers where they also ate a midday around and you will have a fine with graffiti and which was the view literature from a historically the ivy-covered walls. The steep good diversion”. Nearby in Reit- side to the alley, Wendelgasse. which came through the thinly- meal together. view over Marburg town and into residence of Professor Carl von developmental standpoint. steps go up to the castle which gasse 7 was Krieger’s lending li- Town It was in 1802 that Jacob Grimm paned windows of their room. the far distance. Jacob Grimm Savigny (1779-1861) so much Under Savigny’s influence the even the very critical Jacob brary which is, up to this day, the moved into this town-house with For this reason the Grimms found the town “very ugly.” He admired by the Grimms. In fact Grimms philological passion for Grimm professed to like. The site of the University bookshop its attractive and decorative About 150 years later after the often had to go up the steep sighed “I believe there are more his house is attached to the the gathering of legends and gateway to the castle was Elwert. Reading was one of the Marburg bays. The separation from his end of WWII this house was alley Wendelgasse on to which steps in the streets than in the “Forsthof” which is behind it. fairy story texts unfolded. used by the artist Otto Ubbe- passions of the Grimms. Jacob family caused him to suffer used by the Nazi war criminal they could look out from their houses. There is a house one Here the learned man lived a life lohde for his illustrations of the would almost literally make his badly and he was delighted Klaus Barbie as a hiding place. room. In house No. 2 in the enters by a door in the roof.” that was, according to the broth- In the ‘Forsthof’ behind his fairy-tales. In the south wing of escape into literature. Shortly when, in April 1803, his brother The ‘Butcher of Lyon’ lived alley Michael W. Lomonossov This house is still there to be ers; “serene, trouble-free and house, which today is a resi- the Landgrave’s castle you will after his arrival in Marburg he Wilhelm also moved in. They there under the name of “Klaus had lived when he studied in marvelled at on the edge of the dedicated to science”. He lived dence for students, lived Bettina find the exhibition, “Authentic visited Krieger’s lending library both studied law under the Becker” in 1946-47. Today, as if Marburg from 1736-1740. This Lutheran churchyard. in this house with his wife Gunda Brentano. Like her brother Hessian? - Land Life and and found it very appealing. learned jurist Friedrich Carl von in remembrace of their famous universally learned man was who was sister to Clemens and Clemens she belonged to Fairy-Tales”. Wilhelm Grimm himself founded Savigny. predecessors, the students later to found Moscow Univer- Bettina Brentano. Savigny’s circle of friends along a journal readers circle. in their commune call them- sity. One house further in the with such leading figures of the For your way back we recom- In exactly which corner room selves the “Grimm WG” (WG = alley (Wendelgasse 4) was living The brothers maintained a romantic period as Caroline mend that you take the more When you are in Reitgasse go they lived is unfortunately not Wohngemeinschaft). Paul Wigand, a school friend lifelong friendship with Carl von Günderode, Achim von gently sloping Landgraf- down the hill a little way and you known but they did live in finan- of Wilhelm Grimm and it was von Savigny who, in 1803, was Arnim, Sophie Mereau, Pastor Philipp-Straße. Take the will come to the Old University. cially modest circumstances in here he lodged when his brother appointed Professor of Law in Johann Christian Bank and shortcut with the castle steps In the building which used to be a crowded room. Marburg did Jacob went to Paris for several Marburg at the age of 24. Jacob the Brothers Grimm who also and you will find yourself back on this site the Grimms were not greatly appeal to them as months with Professor Savigny Grimm wrote of him: “What gathered around him. Somewhat on the market-place. In the town awarded and received their on a research journey. more can I say about Savigny’s hidden in the extensive garden hall there, you can regularly honorary doctorates from the lectures than that they fervently between the ‘Forsthof’ and the enjoy Grimm theatre and com- Philipps University in 1819. siezed me and that they influ- Konrad-Biesalski-Haus is the enced my life and studies in a ‘Bettinaturm’ , named after the most decisive way”. They did, in authoress. This little tower is fact, find in his large library not today on private property. only books of law. Savigny made << 1 1 MittelwasserMittelwasser 0 0 0 0 mm MuseumMuseum AnatomicumAnatomicum

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n n h h These few years in Marburg ing appeared in more than 110 their desire was to unite the students. several months with Savigny Information from QR-codes brothers. It mirrors and plays WeWe were very influential for the Marburg invites you to take a languages. Equally important small German states. They in 1805 Wilhelm wrote “When (until the end of 2014) with reality and fantasy. But brothers; an important sojourn walk around the town following are the researches of Jacob and helped formulate a manifesto that Jacob Grimm was never you are away I feel a tearing www.marburg.de/gdp have these tales something to to GRIMM Highlights 00 125 125 250 250 m m on their way. Here the idea for in the footsteps of these cele- Wilhelm Grimm into the German with suggestions for human granted an official first degree at my heart ... certainly you do with Hesse? Which traditions collecting children‘s and house- brated students. For the 200 language which eventually rights in Germany. For a pam- from the university? Only Wil- cannot know just how fond I are to be found in the telling of 1 Grimm house 11 : : 7500 7500 hold tales, which later made year anniversary of the first resulted in the establishment phlet against the suspension of helm, in May 1806, completed am of you.” Marburg House of the the stories? And, in what way 2 Lutheran parish churchyard them famous, was conceived. appearance of their book of a new academic discipline the constitution in the kingdom the terminating exam in law. Romantic does this relate to everyday life? 7 Reitgasse 5 3 ‘Forsthof‘ Here also a fascination for the ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ we ‘Germanistik’. of Hannover the brothers, and In 1819, however, both were that the romantic Clemens Take yourself on a voyage of (Hofmann’s salon) and the house of Savigny German language was awak- want to tempt you in 2012/2013 five other professors known later awarded honorary doctorates Brentano and Sophie Mereau Permanent exhibition about the discovery. 8 Old University ened in them and the academic with the ‘Grimm-Dich-Pfad’ The family originally came from as the “Göttingen Seven”, were from the University of Marburg. were married in November circle of the Romantics and the 4 Castle of the Landgrave study known today as ‘German- which includes a Star Money Hanau. Jacob (1785-1863) and exiled in 1837. Formally without 1803 in the Lutheran parish Brothers Grimm. Dec 8th 2012 until the end of 2014 5 Town hall istik’ was founded. Light Show, the exhibition Wilhelm (1786-1859) spent their a job, they drafted the outline of that the town of Marburg is church in Marburg? Thereaf- April – October: Other attractions on the ‘Echt hessisch?’ (= Authentic youth in Steinau and in Kassel. their German dictionary which still influenced by the concept ter the two lived briefly in the Tue - Sun: 11am-1pm & 2pm-5pm Tue - Sun: 10am-6pm 6 Bookshop Elwert Grimm Town Path They studied law under the Hessian, Land, Life and Fairy After their student days in Mar- was a developmental history of of the ‘WG’ or ‘Wohnge- street Reitgasse. Markt 16, 35037 Marburg November – March: (reading society) learned jurist Friedrich Carl Tales) in the Marburg castle until burg they again went to Kassel. words. Three years after they meinschaft’ (= commune)? Tel.: +49 (0) 6421 / 917160 Tue - Sun: 10am-4pm von Savigny. Through him they 31.12.2014, to a guided tour of Additionally to their Children’s had to leave Hannover they Nowhere in Germany are that the great popularity of www.romantikmuseum-marburg.de Schloss 1, 35037 Marburg became aquainted with his the exhibition in the House of and Household Tales they also were called to Berlin by the new there more students living in the Grimm’s Children’s and Tel.: +49 (0) 6421 / 2822355 brother-in-law, the romantic the Romantic about the circle of published many articles and Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm such ‘WGs’ as there are in Household Tales owes some www.uni-marburg.de/ writer, Clemens Brentano who the romantics and the Brothers books on minnesong, ballads, IV. There they researched into Marburg. debt to the Marburg artist Otto Ubbelohde House uni-museum/kulturgeschichte steered their interest in the Grimm, theatre, music, lectures, legends and fairy stories. the German language until their Otto Ubbelohde (1867-1922) direction of folk songs and fairy exhibitions and readings. Jacob had a post as a librarian, deaths. that the Grimms maintained a who illustrated an edition of The Marburg artist Otto Ubbe- tales. In Marburg they began to Further information from: Wilhelm as secretary in the common household, i.e. WG, the work in 1907. He used for lohde (1867-1922) became well- Marburg Tourismus collect folk songs which were www.marburg.de/grimm. even into their old age? Jacob his drawings buildings and known especially because of und Marketing GmbH later, under the title ‘Des Knaben Grimm continued to live with landscapes from and near to his illustrations for the Grimm’s Wunderhorn’ published by Tips: his bother also after Wilhelm Marburg. fairy-tales. These illustrations Guided tours and accompanying Published by & information from: Brentano and Achim von Arnim. With a car you can only drive married and had children. and also paintings by Ubbelohde programme, special arrange- Fachdienst Kultur der Universitätsstadt Marburg The famous ‘Kinder- und up to the castle; the old town is Even after the move to Göt- can be seen in changing exhi- ments and package deals to Markt 7 | 35035 Marburg | [email protected] Hausmärchen’ (= Children’s and largely traffic-free. It is conven- tingen they kept a common bitions in the Otto Ubbelohde the Brothers Grimm and their Guided tours and package deals can be reserved at: Household Tales) came later. ient to use the town bus. Those household together. house. fairy-tales. Marburg Tourismus und Marketing GmbH who want to follow the ‘Grimms’ Pilgrimstein 26 | 35037 Marburg | [email protected] The medieval flair of Marburg on foot should equip themselves Otto-Ubbelohde-Weg 30 Pilgrimstein 26, 35037 Marburg Telefon: +49 (0) 6421 / 9912-0 seems also to have encour- with suitable shoes. The ways 35094 Lahntal-Goßfelden Tel.: +49 (0) 6421 / 9912-0 Telefax: +49 (0) 6421 / 9912-12 aged them. Even today the are mostly of cobble stones and Tel.: +49 (0) 6423 / 964402 www.marburg.de/tourismus www.art-factory.info Internet: www.marburg.de > Tourismus & Kultur half-timbered houses, narrow there are steep steps both up Sat & Sun: 11am-5pm and down.