The True Story of the Real Brothers Grimm. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born in January 4, 1785, in Hanau , Germany . Just over a year later, in February 24, 1786, his little brother Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born. Their father was a lawyer, and they had six more brothers and one sister.

Are the Grimm fairy tales real?

The Brothers Grimm didn't write the fairy tales

Despite the fact that Jacob and Wilhelm are often associated with Snow White and Rapunzel, the brothers didn't actually write any of those stories. In fact, the stories existed long before the two men were born in Germany in the mid 1780s.

What is the true story of Brothers Grimm?

The brothers were inspired by their law professor Friedrich von Savigny, who awakened in them an interest in history and philology, and they turned to studying medieval German literature. They shared Savigny's desire to see unification of the 200 German principalities into a single state.