all of the nature of the fairy wood.

over 600 kilometers unfolding the splendor

world where your wishes come true.
in the meantime he explored destination is always the same: the door to a
… s o he stayed a few days and cobble stone, go by bicycle or by car, your
Whether you follow wild trails or walk on
to noble mansion houses and fortified castles.
alleys between timber framed houses way up
of rivers and streams, through the narrow
you through enchanting woods to the banks
of myths and legends. Your journey will lead
of Germany’s oldest holiday routes stretches
From the Main River to the North Sea, one
Route.
you when you tour the German Fairy Tale
marvellous are the impressions that await
is where your fairy dreams come true. And
which tell their particularly own story – this
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many a fantasy and fabulous places
icturesque landscapes that inspire

On The Brothers Grimms’ Track

A Trip to Fairy-Tale Land

German Fairy Tale Route

... where fairy-tale dreams come true

Brothers Grimm
Their Lives‘ Journey And Their
Worldwide Impact

They count among the most important heads of Eu-

As of summer 2015 GRIMMWORLD Kassel
ropean cultural history. Their Children and Household
Tales, listed among the UNESCO Memory of the World
Register, celebrate their bicentennial from 2012 to
2015.
Also, in 2015 the Geman Fairy Tale Route celebrates its
40th anniversary. In 2016 follows the bicentenary of
the first edition of the“German Legends“ edited by the
Brothers Grimm.
One more reason to follow the track of these two
pioneers of German studies – and hence follow the
German Fairy Tale Route, where a multitude of unfor-
gettable events awaits you.
The Brothers Grimm went from Hanau via Steinau and
Marburg to Kassel, where they spent the „most labo-
rious but also the most productive time of their lives“.
Göttingen and Berlin count among the important
places in their lives, too.
„History never repeats itself, but is always new and
fresh, constantly reborn is the legend“ – Jacob Grimm
and his brother Wilhelm are so right.
Further information and leaflets:
Travel guide and reading book of
the German Fairy Tale Route,
available in English as of April 2015
Book your German Fairy
Tale Tour online!
We have designed vacation packages which make travel along the
Fairy Tale Route easy for you!
Visit www.to-europe.com for a variety of Rail- and Self-drive tours,
from budget to superb (including Castle stays and Gourmet dinners).
Or contact us by Email fairytale@to-europe.com for more information.
We will be happy to send sample travel itineraries to you!
German Fairy Tale Route
Deutsche Märchenstraße e.V.
Kurfürstenstraße 9· D-34117 Kassel
Telefon: +49 561 92047910
Telefax: +49 561 92047930
info@deutsche-maerchenstrasse.de
www.german-fairytaleroute.com
Picture Credits: Paavo Blåfield, kadawittfeldarchitektur
Illustrations: Markus Lefrançois; Print:T20.1/15GB
 all of the nature of the fairy wood.
in the meantime he explored
… s o he stayed a few days and
A Trip to Fairy-Tale Land
Brothers Grimm
Their Lives‘ Journey And Their
Worldwide Impact
They count among the most important heads of Eu-
As of summer 2015 GRIMMWORLD Kassel
ropean cultural history. Their Children and Household
Tales, listed among the UNESCO Memory of the World
Register, celebrate their bicentennial from 2012 to
2015.
Also, in 2015 the Geman Fairy Tale Route celebrates its
40th anniversary. In 2016 follows the bicentenary of
the first edition of the“German Legends“ edited by the
Brothers Grimm.
One more reason to follow the track of these two
pioneers of German studies – and hence follow the
German Fairy Tale Route, where a multitude of unfor-
gettable events awaits you.
The Brothers Grimm went from Hanau via Steinau and
Marburg to Kassel, where they spent the „most labo-
rious but also the most productive time of their lives“.
Göttingen and Berlin count among the important
places in their lives, too.
„History never repeats itself, but is always new and
fresh, constantly reborn is the legend“ – Jacob Grimm
and his brother Wilhelm are so right.
over 600 kilometers unfolding the splendor
world where your wishes come true. of Germany’s oldest holiday routes stretches
destination is always the same: the door to a From the Main River to the North Sea, one
cobble stone, go by bicycle or by car, your
Route.
Whether you follow wild trails or walk on
you when you tour the German Fairy Tale
to noble mansion houses and fortified castles. marvellous are the impressions that await
alleys between timber framed houses way up is where your fairy dreams come true. And
of rivers and streams, through the narrow which tell their particularly own story – this
you through enchanting woods to the banks many a fantasy and fabulous places
of myths and legends. Your journey will lead icturesque landscapes that inspire
P
On The Brothers Grimms’ Track
German Fairy Tale Route
... where fairy-tale dreams come true
Further information and leaflets:
Travel guide and reading book of
the German Fairy Tale Route,
available in English as of April 2015
Book your German Fairy
Tale Tour online!
We have designed vacation packages which make travel along the
Fairy Tale Route easy for you!
Visit www.to-europe.com for a variety of Rail- and Self-drive tours,
from budget to superb (including Castle stays and Gourmet dinners).
Or contact us by Email fairytale@to-europe.com for more information.
We will be happy to send sample travel itineraries to you!
German Fairy Tale Route
Deutsche Märchenstraße e.V.
Kurfürstenstraße 9· D-34117 Kassel
Telefon: +49 561 92047910
Telefax: +49 561 92047930
info@deutsche-maerchenstrasse.de
www.german-fairytaleroute.com
Picture Credits: Paavo Blåfield, kadawittfeldarchitektur
Illustrations: Markus Lefrançois; Print:T20.1/15GB
 Lübeck
Kiel
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal
On The Brothers Grimms’ Track Schwerin
Alsfeld Homberg/Efze
Cuxhaven
Hamburg
Fabulous ensemble of timber-framed houses with
European model city with Fairy Tale House and
unique ensemble of timber-framed houses
Phone: +49 6631/182-165
St. Mary‘s Church, “Brother and Sister Well“ at the
Market Place
Bremerhaven
tca@alsfeld.de • www.alsfeld.de
Bad Hersfeld
Phone: +49 5681/939161
touristinfo.homberg-efze@t-online.de Buxtehude
www.homberg-efze.de
Visit the „Valiant Little Tailor“, the Bad Hersfeld
Festival, and the exhibition „wortreich“ („realm of Hoya on the Weser
words“) which you can actively participate in The dwarf‘s tale at Hoya in the Castle of the Count
Phone: +49 6621/201274 of Hoya on the Weser
info@bad-hersfeld.de • www.bad-hersfeld.de Phone: +49 4251/815-47
tourismus@hoya-weser.de
Bad Karlshafen
www.grafschaft-hoya.de

Bremen
Baroque town, German Huguenot Museum,
Weser Thermal Bath, boat trips Kassel
Phone: +49 5672/9999-22 Capital of the Fairy Tale Route. Here the Brothers
touristinfo@badkarlshafengmbh.de Grimm collected their famous “Children and
www.bad-karlshafen.de Household Tales”.

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As of summer 2015 GRIMMWORLD Kassel, Wil-
Bad Oeynhausen
helmshöhe baroque hillside park (UNESCO World
Fairy Tale Museum, spa landscape gardens, Bali
Heritage) with Herkules monument, Löwenburg
Thermal Bath, GOP Variety Show, casino
(Lion’s Castle) and fountains, Fairytale Christmas
Phone: +49 5731/1300
Market, world art exhibition documenta
staatsbad@badoeynhausen.de
Phone: +49 561/707707
www.badoeynhausen.de
info@kassel-marketing.de
Bad Sooden-Allendorf www.kassel-marketing.de Rhein/Ruhr
Historic city centre with rows of timber-framed
Kaufungen
houses in the land of Mother Hulda, Fairy-Tale
Historic Abbey and Abbey premises,
Lantern Trail
picturesque old town districts, regional
Phone: +49 5652/95870
touristinfo@bad-sooden-allendorf.de
museum and mining museum Hoya
Phone: +49 5605/8020
www.bad-sooden-allendorf.de
info@kaufungen.de • www.kaufungen.eu
Bad Wildungen
Knüllwald
Health resort at the border of the recreational area
Knüllwald in the middle of the land of Little Red
Kellerwald-Edersee: picturesque historic town
centre, Art Nouveau spa district, and Snow White‘s
Riding Hood with wolves and bears at Knüll
animal park
Nienburg
hamlet „Bergfreiheit“
Phone: +49 5681/930808
Phone: (toll free line) +49 800/7910100
info@knuelltouristik.de · www.knuelltouristik.de
Phone: +49 5621/96567-41
info@badwildungen.net Lahntal
www.bad-wildungen.de House of Otto Ubbelohde, studio of the painter Wiehengebirge
and illustrator of the Brothers Grimm‘s fairy tales
Baunatal
Phone: +49 6420/82300 National Park
Baunatal moves you - it‘s simply fabulous with its
info@lahntal.de • www.lahntal.de
Steinhuder Meer Berlin
Brewery Knallhütte, and the birthplace and home
of Dorothea Viehmann, storyteller to the Brothers
Grimm.
Phone: +49 561/58580190
Lügde
„City of the Easter Wheels“ with historic city centre,
town wall and defense towers, mystical cycle and
National Park
Wiedensahl
Hannover
hiking routes and fabulous Köterberg mountain.
Mi ttella
info@stadtmarketing-baunatal.de nd k
www.baunatal-bewegt.de Phone: +49 5281/770870
touristinfo@luegde.de · www.luegde.de
a n al
Bodenwerder – Polle
Bodenwerder: Munchhausen-Museum, Munch- Mackenrode
hausen play and musical, historical monuments Fairytale Park located along the long distance
and historic city centre. Hercules hiking route X7 in the beautiful Eichsfeld
region and the „premium hiking route“ P16.
Bad Oeynhausen
Phone: +49 5533/405-41
info@bodenwerder-polle.de Phone: +49 36087/90505 Hessisch Oldendorf
www.muenchhausenland.de tourist-info@vg-uder.de · www.vg-uder.de
Bovenden
Legendary Plesse Castle as featured in „German
Legends“ by the Brothers Grimm.
Marburg
University town. Here the Brothers Grimm started
to research on popular literature. Landgrave’s
Hameln
Phone: +49 551/82010 castle, historic city centre with market place, St.
flecken@bovenden.de · www.bovenden.de Elizabeth‘s Church, Grimm Town Path
Bremen
Phone: +49 6421/99120 Hämelschenburg
Market place with buildings from eight centuries,
mtm@marburg.de • www.marburg.de Weserbergland
townhall with Roland monument (UNESCO Melsungen Rhein/Ruhr Castle National Park
World Heritage), and open air play „Bremen Town Melsungen is worthwhile a visit! Historic town
Musicians“ centre with timber-framed houses, famous town
Phone: +49 421/3080010 hall, home of the „Bartenwetzer“
info@bremen-tourism.de („axe whetters“)
Lüdge Bodenwerder
www.bremen-tourismus.de Phone: +49 5661 / 708 200
tourist-info@melsungen.de
Coastal Town Bremerhaven
www.melsungen.de
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Niedenstein
and science, capital of windjammer, home of the
ship‘s kobold Klabautermann and sailor‘s yarn. Health resort with a fabulous view from the Hesse
National Park Polle
Phone: +49 471/414141 Tower and godfather King Thrushbeard
touristik@erlebnis-bremerhaven.de Phone: +49 5624/99930
www.bremerhaven-tourism.de info@niedenstein.de • www.niedenstein.de Solling-Vogler
Buxtehude Nienburg on the Weser National Park
Picturesque fairy-tale town, where the „Hedgehog Maybe you will meet the brash
and the Hare“ ran their legendary race “Little Nienburg Girl“ here
Phone: +49 4161/5012345 Phone: +49 5021/917630
stadtinfo@stadt.buxtehude.de info@mittelweser-tourismus.de Fürstenberg
www.buxtehude.de www.mittelweser-tourismus.de
Ebergötzen Nieste
At the „Herrenmühle“, nowadays a museum, Max Fabulous hiking region at the GrimmSteig Wahlsburg
and Moritz come alive (Grimms‘ trail) with the fabulous King‘s Alp
Phone: +49 5507/7181 Phone: +49 5605/944120 Bad Karlshafen Bovenden Ebergötzen
info@wilhelm-busch-muehle.de gemeinde@nieste.de
www.wilhelm-busch-muehle.de www.nieste.de • www.grimmsteig.de Oberweser
Frankenberg Oberweser Trendelburg Sababurg
Town of timber framed houses with 10 towers, a
dream come true for hikers
This is the home of “Puss in Boots“ and “Snow
White“. Open air exhibition Mühlenplatz
Göttingen
Phone: +49 6451/717672 Phone: +49 5572/93730
Reinhardswald
info@ederbergland-touristik.de verkehrsamt@oberweser.de
Nordhausen/
www.ederbergland-touristik.de www.oberweser.de Hofgeismar Münden Eisleben/Halle
Freiensteinau Polle National Park
Southern Vogelsberg region with Mooser lake Romantic open air stage at the castle ruin with
district and other natural reserves Cinderella Theatre Festival Dortmund/Köln Grebenstein Heilbad
Phone: +49 6666/960021 Phone: +49 5533/405-41
info@freiensteinau.de • www.freiensteinau.de info@bodenwerder-polle.de Hann. Münden Berlepsch
Heiligenstadt
www.muenchhausenland.de
Fritzlar Habichtswald
1300-year-old imperial town with an equally old
cathedral Ludwig Emil Grimm, Romantic illustrator,
portrayed medieval Fritzlar
Phone: +49 5622/988643
Sababurg
The Sleeping Beauty‘s Castle and animal park
Sababurg, fairy-tale audiences with the
Sleeping Beauty and her Prince
National Park
Wolfhagen
Kassel Nieste
Kaufungen
Castle
Witzenhausen
Mackenrode
Hanstein Castle

touristinfo@fritzlar.de • www.fritzlar.de Phone: +49 5671/8080

Fürstenberg – Porcelain Manufacture
dornroeschenschloss@sababurg.de Schauenburg Bad Sooden Allendorf
Fabulous porcelain in the museum of this world
www.sababurg.de Helsa
renowned manufacture Schauenburg Baunatal
Phone: +49 5271/401161
museum@fuerstenberg-porzellan.com
Schauenburg Fairy-Tale Sentry, exhibition fo-
cussing on the Storytellers to the Brothers Grimm Waldeck Niedenstein
www.fuerstenberg-porzellan.com Phone: +49 5601/93250 Gudensberg Hessisch Lichtenau
info@gemeinde-schauenburg.de
Grebenstein
www.gemeinde-schauenburg.de
Town of towers, visit the Goose Girl Kellerwald-Edersee National Park Fritzlar Meißner-Kaufunger Wald
Schwalmstadt
Phone: +49 5674/705-0
rathaus@stadt-grebenstein.de In the land of Little Red Riding Hood. Fabulous Melsungen National Park
www.grebenstein.de ensemble of timber-framed houses and Bad Wildungen
fairy-tale characters, Schwalm Regional
Gudensberg
Museum with colourful local traditional gown of Frankenberg
City of culture in the Chattengau region with a
Fairy Tale Stage in the city park
the Schwalm Region Homberg/Efze Dresden/Eisenach
Phone: +49 6691/71212
Phone: +49 5603/9330
info@gudensberg.de • www.gudensberg.de
schwalmstadt@rotkaeppchenland.de
www.schwalm-touristik.de
Knüllwald
Hameln
Steinau an der Straße - Brothers-Grimm-City
Historic city centre, Pied Piper Open Air Festival,
Guided tours through the fairy-tale town, Steinau
Musical RATS, museum with mechanic Pied Piper
Museum ... the museum at the road, House of the
play, glasswork, boat trips,
Hämelschenburg Castle nearby
Brothers Grimm, Castle, puppet theatre “Die Holz- Schwalmstadt Bad Hersfeld
köppe“ (“The Wooden Heads”), Steinau Puppet
Phone: +49 5151/957823
Theatre Festival, adventure park, Cave “Teufelshöh-
touristinfo@hameln.de • www.hameln.de
le” (“Devil’s Cave”), Europe ropes course
Hanau – Brothers-Grimm-City Phone: +49 6663/96310 Lahntal
Birthplace of the Brothers Grimm, national monu- verkehrsbuero@steinau.de • www.steinau.de
ment at the market place, Brothers Grimm Theatre
Festival, Philippsruhe Palace, puppet museum of
Trendelburg Willingshausen
Trendelburg Castle, Rapunzel‘s Tower. Legend of
the Land Hesse, German House of Goldsmiths.
the giant‘s sister Trendula’s Lake
Rhein/Ruhr Alsfeld
Marburg
Fabulous city tours
Phone: +49 5675/7499-18
Phone: +49 6181/295950
touristik@trendelburg.de
touristinformation@hanau.de • www.hanau.de
www.trendelburg.de 0 miles 16 32 48 miles
Hann. Münden
Wahlsburg
Most beautiful town of timber framed houses
Cross the River Weser with the Fairy Tale Ferry
in the Weserberg region where three rivers join
Phone: +49 5572/93780
together, and where the famous Dr. Eisenbart
gemeinde@wahlsburg.de • www.wahlsburg.de
practised in his days
Phone: +49 5541/75-313 and -343 Waldeck
info@hann.muenden-tourismus.de The fabulous mountain village of timber Eisenbach
www.hann.muenden-tourismus.de framed houses on the lakefront of Lake
Edersee in the Waldeck Region Castle Bremerhaven
Spa Town Heiligenstadt
Phone: +49 5623/973782 Bremen
The Brothers Grimm met here for their final dis-
cussion before starting to work on their German
tourismus@waldeck.de • www.waldeck.de Herbstein
Dictionary Wiedensahl
Phone: +49 3606/677141 Birthplace of Wilhelm Busch. Birthplace and resi-
touristinfo@heilbad-heiligenstadt.de dence in the museum located at the old vicarage
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www.heilbad-heiligenstadt.de with the widow Bolte‘s chicken yard.

Phone: +49 5726/388
Helsa
wilhelm-busch-geburtshaus@t-online.de
Historic village of timber framed houses, hiking
region GrimmSteig („Grimms‘ trail“)
www.wilhelm-busch-geburtshaus.de Freiensteinau
Phone: +49 5605/80080 Willingshausen Frankfurt
info@Gemeinde-Helsa.de • www.helsa.eu Europe’s oldest painters‘ colony in the land of Little Hanau
Red Riding Hood
Herbstein
Phone: +49 6697/1418
Hesse’s highest mineral spring in the nature
info@willingshausen-touristik.de
preserve „Hoher Vogelsberg“, a historical,
heartfelt and healing experience
Phone: +49 6643/960019
www.malerkolonie.de · www.willingshausen.de
Witzenhausen
Steinau
touristinfo@herbstein.de • www.herbstein.de Cherry and university town in the Werra Valley,
whose hospitality the Grimms already appreciated
Hessisch Lichtenau
Phone: +49 5542/6001-0
Gateway to the land of Mother Hulda. Small town
info@kirschenland.de · www.kirschenland.de
with timber framed houses at the foot of Moun-
tain Hoher Meißner, Mother Hulda Park and trail, Wolfhagen
Mother Hulda Museum
Phone: +49 5602/807-114 or -147
kultur-tourismus@hessisch-lichtenau.de
Historic town of timber framed houses in the
fairyland of the Brothers Grimm
Phone: +49 5692/602102
Frankfurt
www.hessisch-lichtenau.de
Hessisch Oldendorf
tourist-info@wolfhagen.de
www.wolfhagen.de am Main Hessischer Spessart
Distances:
Information centre Natour.NAH.zentrum Schillat- National Park
Cave, Germany’s northernmost flowstone cave; Würzburg Overall length including turn offs:
over 1050 year-old Fischbeck Monastery, legen-
dary nature preserve around Mount Hohenstein,
Baxmann, a legendary figure in town history
Phone: +49 5751/403980
Member regions:
District of Holzminden:
www.landkreis-holzminden.de
Hanau Frankfurt – Hanau approx. 19 miles
Hanau – Bremerhaven approx. 435 miles
touristikzentrum@westliches-weserbergland.de District of Kassel: München This map is not drawn to scale.
www.westliches-weserbergland.de www.kassel-land.de
Hofgeismar District of Schwalm-Eder:
Colourful town of timber framed houses at Rein- www.kurhessisches-bergland.de
hardswald in Sleeping Beauty‘s kingdom, Fairy Tale
Museum at the animal park of Sababurg Castle, Werra Valley:
the fabulous wild forest Sababurg www.urlaub-werratal.de Heidelberg
Phone: +49 5671/5070400 District of Waldeck-Frankenberg:
info@reinhardswald.de · www.reinhardswald.de www.waldecker-land.com
Members of the German Fairy Tale Route Stages in the Brothers Grimms' lives Autobahn Fairy Tale Route ICE fast train