Germany's Fairy Tale Route: Hidden Gems and "Grimm" Surprises

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7 ай бұрын

A road trip through the Deutsche Marchen Strasse, Germany's Fairy Tale Route, with a look at the towns and cities in central Germany where the Grimm Brothers grew up. Visit Hameln, home of the Pied Piper, Schloss Hämelschenburg, a beautiful fairy-tale Lowenburg castle in Hessen, the city of Kassel, and the childhood home of the Grimm Brothers, Steinau an der Strasse. Join Justine and Darryl, the BreakawayBravehearts as they drive you through Germany, walk you through the towns of the Fairy Tale Route, and teach you some surprising facts about the lives and work of the Brothers Grimm.
Links to more info: www.german-fairytaleroute.com
www.dorothea-viehmann-weg.de
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Medieval Fantasy: Aleksey Chistilin, Lexin_Music pixabay
Nimue - The Lady of The Lake: Julius H pixabay
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@catherinewalbran7408 7 ай бұрын

Love this!! Especially the story of the Brothers Grimm and the details of the archeture❤

@justinereadings 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun to make.

@travelingexpatlife 2 ай бұрын

Great video! What an interesting journey.

@BreakawayBravehearts 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@davecordes6121 3 ай бұрын

Was stationed near Kassel in 68 and 69, ( then to Eschwege for 20 months). There is a great but small museum in Kassel, and ,like the map shows, lots of road trips in every direction to see their influences. We'll worth skipping Munich and lots of the south, for a change!!!

@BreakawayBravehearts 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! We totally agree - we loved the vibe of Kassel, and really enjoyed the road trip. Glad you have good memories too!

@captalncat 7 ай бұрын

amazing video!! so interesting!

@publicminx 12 күн бұрын

great video!

@BreakawayBravehearts 11 күн бұрын

Thanks Michael, happy you enjoyed it!

@MichaEl-rh1kv 5 ай бұрын

Hameln: The story of the rat catcher goes back to the 16th century (illustrations in Hamelin date back to 1592), so it were not the Brother's Grimm connecting the story of the lost children with the pied piper as a rat-catcher. The tale names the year 1284 for the events, which would be a bit late for the Children's Crusade of 1212 (starting from Cologne). There are however multiple hints for young settlers from the region of Hameln founding settlements in the regions of Prignitz and Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg from that time. So they migrated not to Eastern Europe, but only to the eastern border province of the German Kingdom (whose eastern border during the 13th century was nearly the same as nowadays).

@BreakawayBravehearts 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks, appreciate that info - very hard to find reliable research sometimes, so we are grateful for your comments and input.

@Blazeor2 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video from someone living Kassel-Niederzwehren near the fairytale-quarter

@BreakawayBravehearts 4 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and really wanted to share the journey with others. A wonderful part of the world!

@Kivas_Fajo 3 ай бұрын

When I did the route with my girlfriend we came to Rapunzel's castle...and it was under construction and closed. 😞

@BreakawayBravehearts 3 ай бұрын

Argh how frustrating for you! Was it off-season ) winter? I hope the rest of your trip went well.

@Kivas_Fajo 3 ай бұрын

@@BreakawayBravehearts First two weeks of June with absolute beautiful early summer weather. It was just under heavy re-construction. Trip was nice other than that. It was especially bad, because this castle is in the middle of nowhere, hard to find and it took us a while to find it, but the landscape and being all alone for many kilometers was a rare thing to experience in crowded Germany.