Monday, December 19, 2011

Fairy Tale House in Michelstadt


I rounded the corner in Michelstadt when visiting their Christmas Market and saw this amazing building.
Characters from various Grimms' tales are painted on the outer walls of this traditional fachwerk house.

Characters on this side of the house include Hansel and Gretel (top), Bremen Town Musicians (center), Little Red Riding Hood (right), and Cinderella with the prince (left)-the 2nd panel of the story.

Detail of Bremen Town Musicians and Little Red Riding Hood. (Her hood has faded from a brighter red, but see the wine and bread in her basket?)

Here I'm standing in front of another side of the building. 

 Bottom right is the first panel of Cinderella with birds. Above is the Frog Prince, and to the left is a dwarf, carrying a lantern. I'm not certain which tale he is from, as there are a couple possibilities.


Three panels that tell the story of Puss in Boots. Left, the cat is with a man with a horn; center, a girl and boy pass by; right is Puss in his boots.


Details of Puss in Boots 

Details of The Frog Prince

And last--here is a view of the house, with part of the Christmas Market in the foreground.


May your holidays be filled stories.
Happy Holidays.

3 comments:

Joanna said...

Wunderschön! Vielen Dank. Happy Holidays to you too.

Barbara Younger said...

Sarah,

I love it! After we get our tree up, I'm going to ask Cliff if we can paint some on our house!

Sarah Blake Johnson said...

Thanks, Joanna.
Barbara--it would be fun to paint characters on the outside of a house, wouldn't it. :)