page_title: Rapunzel
hierarchical_section_title: Rapunzel
caption_attribution_description: Ausgabepreis: 15 Pfennig First Day of Issue / Erstausgabetag: 21. November 1978 Auflage: 2.000.000 Entwurf: Paul Rosié Druckverfahren: Offsetdruck Michel-Katalog-Nr: Ländercode-MiNr: 2383 Licensing This file is most likely NOT in the public domain. It has been marked for review, and will be deleted in due course if the review does not find it to be in the public domain. This file was previously considered to be in the public domain as a German stamp; it is possible that it is in the public domain for other reasons, in which case a new rationale will be applied as part of the review process. See below for the previous rationale. Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable This stamp is in the public domain in Germany because it was released by the postal administration of the German Democratic Republic or the Soviet occupation zone (Deutschen Post der DDR) whose legal successor is the Federal Republic of Germany. Thus it is an official work according to German copyright law (§ 5 Abs. 1 UrhG). Boarisch&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| suomi&#160;| македонски&#160;| Türkçe&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Rapunzel is a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Brothers Grimm's story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Rapunzel by Friedrich Schulz that was a translation of Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force, which was itself influenced by an earlier Italian tale, Petrosinella, by Giambattista Basile. The ultimate source of this tale is the Persian tale of Zal and Rudabeh from the 11th century Shahnameh.
  The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 310. Its plot has been used and parodied in various media. Its best known line, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair", is an idiom in popular culture.
context_section_description: Rapunzel (/rəˈpʌnzəl/; German: [ʁaˈpʊnt͡səl]) is a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales (KHM 12). The Brothers Grimm's story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Rapunzel by Friedrich Schulz (1790) that was a translation of Persinette (1698) by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force, which was itself influenced by an earlier Italian tale, Petrosinella (1634), by Giambattista Basile. The ultimate source of this tale is the Persian tale of Zal and Rudabeh from the 11th century Shahnameh (Book of Kings). 
  The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 310 ("The Maiden in The Tower"). Its plot has been used and parodied in various media. Its best known line, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair", is an idiom in popular culture.
caption: Illustration of Rapunzel and the witch on a 1978 East German stamp
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