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JOHANN FRIEDRICH KRAUSE
Headwords: old, man, original Hessian, poor education
Biography
| 1747 | born August 13, in Breitenbach as son of a schoolteacher |
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| 1767 | soldier in the army of the landgrave of Hessen-Cassel |
| 1779 | January 14, Krause marries Anna Margarethe Hühne in Hoof |
| 1779 | September 29, birth of his son Johann Adam in Hoof |
| 1789 | corporal (non commissioned officer) in the regiment Garde Du Corps, later on quartermaster (sergeant major) in the regiment Gens d´Armes |
| 1795 | retired due to a hip fistula. Krause will live in Hoof until his death |
| 1806 | December 23, death of Krause´s wife |
| 1811 | Krause notice fairy tales, funny stories an anecdotes, to which he has listened to in the spinning-rooms and conveys his „spinning-room booklet“ to the Brothers Grimm |
| 1812 | First volume of the „Fairy Tales“ of the Brothers Grimm |
| 1812 | On December 26 Wilhelm Grimm writes to Achim von Arnim: „With regard to the Fairy Tales: ... we still received quite a lot of them and you may find a number of new ones, of which some are particulary military stories heard from an old dragon sergeant, in ex-change for old garments, which you certainly will enjoy.“ |
| 1823 and 1827 | Krause writes letters to the Brothers Grimm in Kassel |
| 1828 | March 14, Johann Friedrich Krause dies in Hoof |
Fairy Tales conveyed by the „old dragon sergeant“ Krause
About the napkin, the knapsack, the little cannon hat and the horn * The skilled hunter * The King of the Golden Mountain * The old sultan * Mr. All Finished * The Three snake-leavesMARIE HASSENPFLUG
Headwords: young, lady, Huguenot ancestors, francophone, cultivated, wealthy
Biography
| 1788 | born December 27 in Altenhaslau (near Gelnhausen) as daughter of the major, she spents her childhood in Hanau |
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| 1798 | move to Kassel where her father becomes the chairman of the regional council |
| since 1808 | close friend of the Brothers Grimm, to whom Marie and her sisters are telling fairy tales |
| 1814 | August 21, Marie marries the captain Friedrich von Dalwigk |
| 1815 to 1822 | Marie gives birth to four children; one son dies shortly afterwards |
| 1819 | The couple von Dalwigk is appointed to assume the supervision of the mentally ill daughter of the Electorate, duchess Friederike von Anhalt-Bernburg (in Wabern and Hanau) |
| 1850 | September 30, Friedrich von Dalwigk dies and is buried in Hoof; Marie lives with her son in Kassel |
| 1856 | November 21, Marie von Dalwigk, née Hassenpflug, dies and is buried in Kassel |
Fairy Tales conveyed by „the Marie“
The sleeping Beauty * Little Brother & Little Sister * Little Red Riding-Hood * The Girl without hands * The brigand groom * Bird Phoenix * The travels of the Taylor Tom Thumb * Snow-White * The pink * The mermaid * The black-smith and the devil * The princess with the louse * Frog Prince * The golden key
