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Dorothea Grimm (née Zimmer; November 20, 1755 – May 27, 1808) was the mother to the "Brothers Grimm" Jacob and Wilhelm, and seven other children, including Ludwig Emil Grimm and Charlotte Amalie Grimm.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm were born on 4 January 1785 and 24 February 1786, respectively, in Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, within the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany), to Philipp Wilhelm Grimm, a jurist, and Dorothea Grimm (née Zimmer), daughter of a Kassel city councilman. [1]
Dorothea Grimm, mother of eight Grimm brothers and one Grimm sister, dies May 27, 1808, at the age of 52. In order to support his younger brothers and sister, Jacob takes a position as a librarian at Kassel. Wilhelm will follow soon. 1812.
Dorothea Viehmann (geborene Katharina Dorothea Pierson, * 8. November 1755 in Rengershausen, heute ein Stadtteil von Baunatal; † 17. November 1815) war eine der wichtigsten Quellen für Grimms Märchen. Die Brüder Grimm veröffentlichten Dorothea Viehmanns Erzählungen vor allem im zweiten Band ihrer Kinder- und Hausmärchen (KHM).
The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism. Jakob Norberg. In a magazine illustration based on a painting by Louis Katzenstein, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sit and listen to the folk tales told by Dorothea Viehmann, an inn-keeper’s daughter who knew a wealth of stories, many of which appeared in the Grimms’ famous collection ...
Dec 18, 2014 · Fig 1 (above) Portrait of Dorothea Viehmann 1819 by Ludwig Emil Grimm Born Katharina Dorothea Pierson (1755- 1815), Dorothea Viehmann, was the daughter of Johann Friedrich Isaac Pierson a tavern owner and as she grew up she was exposed to and learned lots of stories, folk tales, legends and myths from her fathers guests. But she had also ...
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