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    # ] Bremerhaven  # Stade  Hamburg  / ·      ‘Steinau an der Strasse’,
    #
    #
     13
                            # ^
                                       A24
                                                an important distinction
       / ·    # Bremervörde        / ·          when using your map
              \
       B71
                                    B5
               / ·        # \                   app as there’s another
               B71
     / ·               Buchholz    # Lüneburg   Steinau way up by the
     A27
                                                North Sea.)
                        in der
                       Nordheide   \              The twin musuems,
         Bremen                                 Brüder Grimm-Haus
         # ^ #  Wumme
         #
         12
     # \                                        and Museum Steinau
    Delmenhorst
                      Soltau  # \     # Uelzen  (%06663-7605; www.brueder-
                 / ·                            grimm-haus.de; Brüder Grimm-
           Weser                      \
                  A27
                                                Strasse 80, Steinau; adult/
                                                concession €6/3.50; h10am-
                                                5pm), inside the building
                                     B4
               # Nienburg  / · Aller  / ·       where the Grimm family
               \
 # \                    A7    # Celle           lived from 1791 to 1796,
                              \
              Weser   0 ¸             Gifhorn   have exhibits on the   GERMANY 36 GERMAN FAIRY TALE ROAD
                                      #
                      A352
                                      \
                  Garbsen
                      \ #  Hanover  Oker Wolfsburg  # ]  brothers, their work and
                         #                      the history of Steinau.
                          11
                         #
                                 Braunschweig
          # Minden                   # ]
          \
    Bünde           0 ¸            Wolfenbuttel  The Drive » Exit Steinau to
                     B217
     # \                  Hildesheim            the west on the L3196 for 18km
             Weser          # ]  / ·  \ #  # \  to the B276 where you’ll turn
                                A39
                  # #
                  \ #
       # Bad     10                Salzgitter
       \
        Salzuflen  Hamelin                      north. Weave through the valleys
                  B83
   # ]            / ·   / ·
     Bielefeld      #    B3                     for 64km until the junction
                    9
                    #
         \ #          Bodenwerder  Goslar       with the L3166 and follow the
 # \   Detmold                      # \         Marburg signs along the L3127,
                  / ·                  R        L3089, L3048 and L3125 to your
                   B83
              Höxter  # \        Harz NP Brocken  # \ destination. Picnic spots abound
                                      (1141m)
                                 \
                                 #
       # \ Paderborn           Osterode         along the route.
                   #           am Harz
                   #
                    8
           Bad Karlshafen
                     / · 0 ¸  # 7 ] #
                           # Göttingen
                      B80
                        L561
                   Kassel  / ·  / ·                  LINK
                                 A38
                         A7
          Wilhelmshöhe  #    L eine
                    #
                     5
                   6
                  #
     Korbach      #      Werra                       YOUR
         \ #                                         TRIP
     Kellerwald-Edersee       Mühlhausen  \
       National Park  Eder  / ·  / ·  # Unstrut
                         B7
                    A49
            #                                     Romantic Rhine
            #
            4
       Eder           Fulda         Hainich NP  y  Get your fill of castles
                            / ·    \ #        and medieval villages: the
                             A4
                       Bad    Eisenach
                       Hersfeld               end of the river trip is 65km
                        # \                   east of Hanau.
       #         / ·              Schmalkalden
       #
       3
       # \ Marburg
                  A5
                       / ·         Werra  # \  z  The Romantic
                       A7
    Giessen                              # ]      Road
      # \           Fulda  # \  Meiningen  # \  Suhl  Do one of the trips in
             0 ¸     #                        reverse: the start of the
             B276
                     H
                 0 ¸ # p508                   quaint and historical
                                              Romantic Road is about an
                 L3196
                    # #
                    \ 2
                                  A71
    Frankfurt      Steinau       / ·          hour (110km) west from
                                              Hanau.
    am Main   / ·
              A66
          # # 1
     ^   #                       Schweinfurt
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        L
        l         48 km to       # \  Main / ·                     507
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        Hanau
                  F G
                                       A70
                   35 ‚
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