Dorothea Viehmann

Dorothea Viehmann
Dorothea Viehmann, contemporary portrait by Ludwig Emil Grimm, a brother of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm
Born(1755-11-08)8 November 1755
Rengershausen, Hesse-Kassel
Died17 November 1816(1816-11-17) (aged 61)

Dorothea Viehmann (November 8, 1755 – November 17, 1816) was a German storyteller. Her stories were an important source for the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Most of Dorothea Viehmann's tales were published in the second volume of Grimms' Fairy Tales.

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