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Hanau is a city near Frankfurt am Main, known for its history, culture and transport links. It was the birthplace of the Grimm brothers and Franciscus Sylvius, and suffered a deadly shooting in 2020.
- Brüder-Grimm-Nationaldenkmal
- Wilhelmsbad
- Historisches Karussell Wilhelmsbad
- Schloss Philippsruhe
- Historisches Museum Hanau
- Schlosspark Philippsruhe
- Marienkirche
- Steinheim Old Town
- Hessisches Puppenmuseum
- Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus
Standing before the Neustädter Rathaus is a bronze statue for the Brothers Grimm, placed here in 1896. When the monument was finally unveiled it was the culmination of a 40-year struggle to erect a memorial to Hanau’s most famous sons. An interesting snippet about the monument is that the monument’s eventual designer, Syrius Eberle, only came third...
Two women discovered a spring with supposed curative properties to the northwest of Hanau in 1709. Later that century William I, Elector of Hesse established a stately park and spa complex on the site. The spring, which was later deemed to have no special characteristics, dried up in 1815, and the inviting English landscape park became a place for ...
When Wilhelmsbad was being landscaped William I tasked his architect Franz Ludwig von Cancrin to come up with something unprecedented: A revolving carousel at the summit of an artificial hill. Finished in 1780, this was no minor feat as the carousel’s mechanism had to be built underground, and today can be inspected along tunnels on a guided tour. ...
This princely Baroque palace on the Main was commissioned by Philipp Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg at the start of the 18th century. The Wilhelmine interiors are newer, dating to the 1870s when they were reworked by Prince Frederick William. He spent five years redesigning the property, but would pass away just four years after moving here in...
The lower floor of Schloss Philippsruhe is all about the history of Hanau and its region. A map dated to 1665 shows how the city once looked, and you can rummage through a miscellany of uniforms, badges, medals, original documents, paintings, posters and everyday utensils. These all shed light on vital phases in the city’s history like the German r...
The garden unfolding west of Schloss Philippsruhe is even older than the palace, having first been planted at the end of the 17th century. The Schlosspark began in the formal Baroque style before being reworked as a English landscape park in the middle of the 19th century. By the post-war period the park had deteriorated badly, but was completely r...
This Gothic church behind Hanau’s old town hall goes back long before the grid-like Neustadt to the south. The Marienkirche began as a 13th-century Romanesque chapel and was furnished with a Late Gothic nave and choir in the last decades of the 15th century. That phase gave us the sublime net vaulting above the choir. The keystones are decorated wi...
On the opposite bank of the Main, the district of Steinheim is on the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße, a nationwide tourist route for half-timbered houses. There are handsome examples from the 17th and 18th century on the cobblestone Platz des Friedens, where you could linger for a while with a glass of Apfelwein. The whitewashed keep of Schloss Steinheim ...
At the arcaded pavilion in the Wilhelmsbad spa complex is a doll and toy museum that opened in 1983. The Puppenmuseum grew out of the collection of a local resident, Gertrud Rodemann. In the 1960s she started building a dollhouse for her youngest son, and the hobby snowballed in to a small army of dolls, puppets and toys dating from antiquity to mo...
Hanau’s Renaissance old town hall has been a museum since the 19th century. Like the rest of the old centre this lovely gabled and half-timbered monument was damaged in the war, but was restored to its former glory by 1958. Little details also survived like the sandstone relief of a monkey with a mirror, a Medieval symbol for vanity. Nowadays, the ...
Hanau is a city in Hesse, famous for being the birthplace of the Grimm brothers and the start of the German fairy-tale road. Explore its castles, parks, museums and spa complex with tips and photos.
- Patricia G. 3 contributions. Perfection. I love this website. I was raised in Hanau from 72-96. Best years of my life. I got married twice at Schloss Philippsruhe.
- Patricia G. 3 contributions. Grew up going here. Loved it. We spent hours of my childhood here with my parents. It was fun. Lots of memories of walking around the forest and watching the animals.
- Becky P. Clarksville, TN20 contributions. Charming. Quaint market with picturesque scenery. Lots to look at and purchase! A must do for a visit to Hanau. Review of: Hanauer Wochenmarkt.
- John Woods. Hanau, Germany 52 contributions. Grimm Brothers Monument Hanau. The Grimm Brothers were born in Hanau and founded their worldwide reputation on the folk tales they collected on their travels in the rural life of Germany.
Visit Hanau, the legendary hometown of the Brothers Grimm. A charming fairy-tale castle with the newly opened children’s museum ‘GrimmsMärchenReich’, Hesse’s most beautiful farmers’ market, 12 museums, picturesque half-timbered houses, entertaining costume tours, as well as various festivals and cultural events, make a visit to Hanau unforgettable.
Hanau, city, Hessen Land (state), central Germany. It is a port on the right bank of the canalized Main River at the mouth of the Kinzig, east of Frankfurt am Main. The old town grew up around the castle of the lords of Hanau (counts from 1429) and was chartered in 1303; the new town was founded in
Places to Visit in Hanau. Check out must-see sights and activities: Wildpark Alte Fasanerie Klein-Auheim, Schloss Philippsruhe, Historic Sites, Children's Museums. For personalised recommendations, try our AI trip-planning product. Build your trip.
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