What is Hamelin?
{{Infobox German location |German_name= Hameln |image_photo=Hameln Panorama 3-2006 small.jpg |image_caption=Panorama of Hamelin |type = Town |image_coa = DEU Hamelin COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|6|N|9|22|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Hameln in HM.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Hamelin-Pyrmont |elevation = 68 |area = 102.30 |population = 68696 |Stand = 2006-12-30 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03252006 |postal_code = 31785–89, 3250 |area_code = 05151 |licence = HM |website = [https://www.hameln.de/ www.hameln.de] |mayor = Claudio Griese |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = CDU }} '''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 [[Pied Piper|The Pied Piper of Hamelin]] (''Der Rattenfänger von Hameln''). The story dates from the [[Middle Ages]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.hameln.com/info/index.htm Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114173922/http://www.hameln.com/info/index.htm |date=2007-11-14 }} *[http://www.hmedia-hameln.de Historic Photographer of Hameln] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913080704/http://www.hmedia-hameln.de/ |date=2019-09-13 }} {{geo-stub}}