Brothers Grimm

Collaboration between brothers and folklorists Jacob Grimm (1785 – 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786 – 1858).

Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right) in an 1855 painting by Elisabth Jerichau-Baumann

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Collaborative works edit

  • The Two Oldest German Poems of the Eighth Century (Die beiden ältesten deutschen Gedichte aus dem achten Jahrhundert), 1812
  • Grimm's Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), 1812
  • Old German Forests (Altdeutsche Wälder), three volumes between 1813 and 1816
  • Poor Heinrich by Hartmann von der Aue (Der arme Heinrich von Hartmann von der Aue), 1815
  • Songs from the Elder Edda (Lieder der alten Edda), 1815
  • German Legends (Deutsche Sagen), published in two parts between 1816 and 1818
  • German Dictionary (Deutsches Wörterbuch), 32 volumes published between 1852 and 1960.


Some or all works listed in this portal were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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