"Hanau, DE" Hanau am Main by dromosapien

- Neustädter Rathaus / New Town City Hall

constructed: 1723-1733
architect: Christian Ludwig Hermann (c.1687-1751)
altered: 1755, Glockenspiel / Clock Tower added
restored: after WWII
location: Neustädter Markt

Brüder Grimm Nationaldenkmal

- Brothers Grimm national monument, fairy tale writers Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) & Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were born in Hanau and died in Berlin

created: 1896
sculptor: Syrius Eberle (1844-1903)
height: 6.5 meters / 21 feet
location: Marktplatz

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* Hanau, population: 89,000 - a Kinzig and Main rivers city 25 km / 15 miles east of Frankfurt

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Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany 2011

- German Goldsmiths House, a.k.a. Altstädter Rathaus

constructed: 1538 as Altstädter Rathaus / old town city hall
architect: Konrad Speck
- altered: 1742, the staircase was added
- architect: Christian Ludwig Hermann (c.1687-1751)
current use: since 1942, Goldschmiede-Handwerks / German Society for Gold Work center
destroyed: 1945 WWII
reconstructed: 1955-1958
location: Altstädter Markt

Frankfurter Tor, Hanau, Deutschland 2011

- Frankfurt Gate

constructed: 1721-1723, replaced a city gate from 1608
architect: Baudirektor Christian Ludwig Hermann (c.1687-1751)
builder: Count Johann Reinhard III (1665-1736)
reconstructed: 1953-1955, after destruction in WWII
location: Nußalle und der Straße Am Frankfurter