This city is known as Brüder-Grimm-Stadt and is half as big (population ca. 10,000) as Gelnhausen. We navigated to the castle and parked in free parking there. There were very few people out on the streets on this somewhat cold Saturday. We walked through the castle courtyards but will have to wait until March before seeing the inside where a special Grimm Brothers exhibit currently stands.
The castle entrance was right off the main square, where we saw a fantastic fountain (Märchenbrunnen) memorializing some fun Grimm fairy tales, with Rapunzel in the castle at the top, her long golden hair flowing down to the prince who was climbing up.
The Katharinenkirche, where the Grimm Brothers’ grandfather preached, was there on the square but was locked. The Rathaus was on the square also, as well as a couple of castle out-buildings for animals and workers, now put to other uses.
We were told that the Grimm Brothers grew up playing at this castle, and it probably influenced how they told some of their fairy tales.
The Brothers Grimm:
The Fairy Tale Fountain:
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 