HANSESTADT


Rattenfängerstadt Hameln by sarah
1 January 2009, 20:17
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Hamelin, which grew up on the banks of the Weser around a monastery founded c850, was a late and minor member of the Hansa from 1426 to 1572.  It is of course much better known for the famous story of the Pied Piper, which is said to have happened (in some form or other) on 26 June 1284.

Hameln

Stiftsherrenhaus (1558)

Hameln

Hameln

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