GERMAN FAIRY TAIL MUSEUM
In the Footsteps of the Brothers Grim
Terry
Gilliam’s version of the “Brothers Grimm” fantacized
two bumbling action-hero ghost hunters. But the trail of the real Fairy
Tale giants can be found at the German Fairy Tale Museum (Deutches
Marchen und Wesersagenmuseum) in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, where those
passionate
about fairy tales can obtain a map of the two literary brothers travels
of inspiration North from their hometown of Hanau on the Main River
northeast of Frankfurt (see Brothers
Grimm in Hanau 200 Years)
to the ancient university city of Göttingen,
up the Weser River to Hamlen and whence the Pied Piper played, up
to Hansiatic Bremen. Follow the Trail of the Brothers Grimm
though a lush land of Red-Riding Hoods and Sleeping Beauty’s
half-wood fairytale Gingerbread houses and village squares. Footpaths
and cycle trails along the way take you through a world
of fairytales where childhood dreams
of
daring princes,
dwarfs and enchanting fairies. To
take the Fairy Tale Route, one of the oldest tourist paths in Germany
you can start in almost any town
along the trail with follows the Weser River and work your way in
either direction (see German
Fairy Tale Road).
Bad
Oeynhausen is on the direct rail route between Hannover and Cologne,
so an easy stop the trail.
And the city gets it name as home to the Federal
Spa,
one of the oldest and most luxurious carbonbated hot water springs
of the
glorious Imperial 1800’s.
The first thermal salt water spring in Bad Oeynhausen was discovered
in 1845. The Jordansprudel is the world's largest thermal
saltwater spring, with fountains that reach heights of up to
40 metres when there's
no wind. The town has a number of beautifully restored historical
buildings, many of which now house modern health treatment facilities. © Bargain
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SEE ALSO:
GOLDSCHMIEDE
HAUS – GRIMM'S HANAU
HAMBURG
HARBOR
FRIEDRICHSBAD IN BADEN BADEN
