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The city of Hameln (or even Hamelin) is situated about 40 km south west of Hannover and became famous due to the Pied Piper legend. Hamelin was founded on the river Weser around 750 as a missionary outpost. It received city rights around 1200 and was a member of the Hanseatic League from 1426 to 1572. Today the town has about 60,000 inhabitants. |
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| Pros: | "beautiful and well-preserved old town" | | Cons: | "didn't have enough time to find negative aspects" |
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german_eagle Tue Apr 29, 2003 13:21 UTC
As usual a wonderful page. I especially liked your restaurant tip :-) and thoroughly enjoyed the pictures of the half-timbered houses. | NateWill22 Mon Apr 21, 2003 21:45 UTC
I've never heard of Hameln before! Home of the Pied Piper? That's pretty cool. Nice page! | sim1 Sun Apr 20, 2003 09:56 UTC
Beautiful photos of Hameln! I love those half-timbered houses, so picturesque! | Carmanah Thu Apr 17, 2003 19:41 UTC
What beautiful photography! I really enjoyed looking at the architecture of Hameln! |
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