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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hanau , city (1994 pop. 89,160), Hesse, central Germany, on the Main and Kinzig rivers. It is an important rail and road junction and is a center of the German jewelry industry. Other manufactures include rubber goods and precious metal works. Hanau was chartered in 1303 and in the 16th cent. accepted refugees from the Low Countries who contributed significantly to the city's economic growth. Hanau passed to Hesse-Kassel in 1736, and with it to Prussia in 1866. The philologists Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and the composer Paul Hindemith were born in Hanau. The town has been rebuilt with historical... Read more

Grimm Brothers
...Grimm Jakob Grimm Born: January 4, 1785 Hanau, Germany Died: September 20, 1863 Berlin...author Wilhelm Grimm Born: February 24, 1786 Hanau, Germany Died: December 16, 1859 Berlin...Karl Grimm was born on January 4, 1785, in Hanau, Germany. His brother, Wilhelm Karl Grimm... Read more

Jacob (Ludwig Carl) and Wilhelm (Carl) Grimm
known as the Brothers Grimm (born Jan. 4, 1785, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel—died Sept. 20, 1863, Berlin) (born Feb. 24, 1786, Hanau—died Dec. 16, 1859, Berlin) German folklorists and philologists. They spent most of their lives in literary research... Read more

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	Painful memories ; Alice Hanau of Waukegan. Alice and her late husband...Alice's cousin; Alice Joseph and Henri Hanau. (Back row, left to right) Alex Baum, Alice...stamped `Jew' in French. -- A teen-age Henri Hanau, in Germany in the 1930s. -- Pre-war photo... Read more
	Waukegan woman was Jewish refugee in France on D-Day ; Alice Hanau of Waukegan, a German Jewish refugee in...she was hidden by a French family. Alice Hanau holds a photo of herself taken while she...French family during World War II. Alice Hanau of Waukegan was a 14-year-old Jewish refugee... Read more
	Jewish helpers give workers Christmas gift.(Triad) ; ...break of dawn every Christmas morning, Risa Hanau rolls out of bed and makes her way to Moses...chance to be at home with his or her family. Hanau, like others of the Jewish faith, does...day when, let's face it, we're also free, Hanau says. On every floor of the hospital on... Read more
	SERVICE IS KEY TO TRAVEL FIRM'S SUCCESS ; Ask Alice Hanau what makes her travel business such a success...and getting new customers every day," said Hanau. "We are old-fashioned, hard working and...abreast of what is going on in the industry, Hanau said. She said employees attend seminars... Read more
	TRIANGLE TRAVEL BUILDS SUCCESS WITH SERVICE ; Ask Alice Hanau what makes her business such a success and...and getting new customers everyday," said Hanau. "We are old-fashioned, hard working and...abreast of what is going on in the industry, Hanau said. She said employees attend seminars... Read more
	SERVICE MAKES BUSINESS SUCCESS FO TRIANGLE TRAVEL AND TOURS ; Ask Alice Hanau what makes her travel business such a success...and getting new customers every day," said Hanau. "We are old-fashioned, hard working and...abreast of what is going on in the industry, Hanau said. She said employees attend seminars... Read more

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