Just a couple of homeboys... Hanau, Germany, the home of the Grimm Brothers, linguists and masters of German folklore. The German brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm spent years collecting and researching folk tales early in the 19th century. In 1812 they published Children's and Household Tales, a collection which became known as "Grimm's Fairy Tales." The collection included what are now some of the world's most famous stories, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin. Wilhelm married in 1825, but Jacob never wed and for most of his life lived in his brother's home. The brothers also began a German historical dictionary, the enormous Deutsches Worterbook, which ran to 16 volumes when it was finally completed by others in 1954.