Most important writers and poets of Hesse

Content Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl

Brothers Grimm Wilhelm (* Hanau, † Berlin) and Jacob (* Hanau, † Berlin) Grimm Wilhelm (* Hanau, † Berlin) and Jacob (* Hanau, † Berlin) Grimm German professors who were best known of publishing fairy tales and also linguistics German professors who were best known of publishing fairy tales and also linguistics

They both studied law in Marburg 1802/03 They both studied law in Marburg 1802/03 After that they lived together in Kassel; there they wrote their most famous works After that they lived together in Kassel; there they wrote their most famous works They were eternalised on the 1000 DM banknote They were eternalised on the 1000 DM banknote

Most famous fairy tales: Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin Most famous fairy tales: Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin Cinderella Hansel & Gretel

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German poet, novelist, courtier and natural philosopher German poet, novelist, courtier and natural philosopher * in Frankfurt am Main * in Frankfurt am Main Was tought in many languages Was tought in many languages

Practised law in Frankfurt ( ) and in Wetzlar (1772) at „Reichskammergericht“ Practised law in Frankfurt ( ) and in Wetzlar (1772) at „Reichskammergericht“ Most famous works: The Sorrows of Young Werther; Faust Most famous works: The Sorrows of Young Werther; Faust

† in Weimar † in Weimar „Fürstengruft zu Weimar“ „Fürstengruft zu Weimar“

Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl * in Biebrich am Rhein German journalist, novellist and folklorist

He graduated at Gymnasium Philippinum Weilburg He studied theology, philosophy, history and arthistory in Marburg, Gießen, Tübingen and Bonn

He wrote the book „Die Idylle eines Gymnasiums“ The book is about the everyday life at the school in Weilburg † in Munich

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