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 Pied Piper fontain in Hameln by Gerrem
The citizens pledged to pay him his fee, so the visitor produced a pipe and began to play. Soon all the rats and mice came running out of the houses and gathered around the Pied Piper in a teeming mass. Once convinced that each and every one followed, he went out of the town straight into the River Weser where the vermin plunged after him and drowned.
The townspeople, however, now freed of the plague, regretted their promise and refused to pay the Piper, who left Hameln in a bitter mood.
On the 26th of June in that year he returned, this time dressed as a huntsman, wearing a grim countenance and a wondrous red hat. While the townsfolk were assembled in the church, he again sounded his pipe in the streets.
But it was not rats and mice who came out this time, but children! A great many boys and girls older than four came running and were led through the Ostertor gate into the very heart of a hill where they all disappeared. Only two children returned because they could not keep up: one was blind and could not show where the others had gone, the other dumb and not able to tell the secret. A last little boy had come back to fetch his coat and so escaped the calamity. Some tell that the children were led into a great cavern and reappeared in Transylvania. A total of 130 children were lost. (From the Brothers Grimm in the book "German Legends") Leave a Comment
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 Bürgerhus by GerremLeave a Comment Address: Kupferschmiedestraße
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 "Rats" - The pieper by Gerrem
Every Wednesday from 4th May to 14th September 2005
at 4:30pm, on the Hochzeitshaus-Terrace
in the centre of the town.
The musical takes some 40 minutes.
Admission-Free! Leave a Comment Address: Hochzeitshaus-Terrace
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 Christmas market by GerremLeave a Comment Address: Old centreDirections: Tourist Information Deisterallee 1 31785 Hameln
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The Pied Piper Open-Air Play has been a quaint homage to the international cultural notoriety of Hameln since 1956. The play enters its 50th season under the direction of Friedrich Fluegge Sen. in 2005. He is seen nearly every week on the stage as the “thrifty” mayor who denies the Piper his fee. Sunday for Sunday from the 8th of May until the 11th of September, the legend stages in the centre of the old-town at 12 noon. Some 80 amateur actors in historical costume show the crowd of circa 3000 visitors from all over the world just how the loss of the Hameln children came to pass. The play runs some 30 minutes and admittance for young and old is free. Leave a Comment Address: Hochzeitshaus terrace
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 The pieper & the rats by GerremLeave a Comment Address: Hochzeitshaus in the centre
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 Pied Piper’s House by Gerrem
The Pied Piper’s House Restaurant offers food and atmosphere in the sign of the legend since 1966. Leave a Comment
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 Pied Piper Museum by chancayLeave a Comment
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and some other related stories: %www.pitt.edu/~dash/hameln.html
Part of the story is to be found on metallic plates (in different languages) on the walls of this amazing building
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"The famous town of The Pied Piper legend is situated about 50 km south west of Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony in the North of the Federal Republic of Germany. As well as the German name "Hameln" the town is also known as "Hamelin" and "Hamlin" to the English speaking world.
Hameln, situated on the Weser river in the centre of the Weserbergland (Weser Hill Country), is economically important and a tourist attraction. This hilly region extends on both sides of the Weser river from its source (where the rivers Fulda and Werra meet) from the town of Hannoversch Muenden down to the region of Minden.
The Pied Piper's town has about 60,000 inhabitants, about 1/3 of whom live in the 13 associated boroughs.
Main attractions are Hamelin´s historic town centre with its numerous houses built in the Weser Renaissance style, the open-air-play of the Pied Piper´s legend and the musical "RATS" on the terrace of the "Hochzeitshaus"." Leave a Comment
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