Hamelin

Hameln
Hameln
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hamelin within Hamelin-Pyrmont district
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	Coordinates: 52°6′N 9°22′E / 52.100°N 9.367°ECoordinates: 52°6′N 9°22′E / 52.100°N 9.367°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hamelin-Pyrmont
Government
• Lord mayor	Claudio Griese (CDU)
Area
• Total	102.30 km2 (39.50 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population (2006-12-30)
• Total	68,696
• Density	671.52/km2 (1,739.22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31785–89, 3250
Vehicle registration	HM
Website	www.hameln.de

Hameln (English name sometimes Hamelin) is a city in Germany. In 2005, about 58,000 people lived there. A very well-known story from there is called The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln). The story dates from the Middle Ages.

Hamelin Media

Watershed of the river Weser.
1592 painting of Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin
The Pied Piper leads the children out of Hamelin. Illustration by Kate Greenaway.
Christmas market in Hamelin.
Hameln Rattenfängerhause Osterstraße Germany Duitsland
HamelnLeisthaus
Jüdischer Friedhof Hameln
The Golden Rat, on a footbridge over the River Weser
The Hochzeitshaus, the church's Glockenspiel plays the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin