Weser
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The Weser is the longest river wholly in Germany. The Weser flows from the Thuringian Forest to the North Sea, where it flows into the sea near Bremerhaven.
The Weser near Bad Oeynhausen
Alte Weser Lighthouse
"Upper" Weser, in reality the central section between the upper courses Werra and Fulda, and the lowland section
Mittelland Canal/River Weser Lock in Minden taken in 1977
Pied Piper of Hamelin
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin, is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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…Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen, Nienburg, Achim, Bremen, Brake, Nordenham, and Bremerhaven. The river features in the legend and folk tale the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Dieter Berger: Geographische Namen in Deutschland. Duden-Verlag, Mannheim 1999…
1592 painting of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin
Postcard "Gruss aus Hameln" featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902
1909 Maxfield Parrish mural of the Pied Piper of Hamelin at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The rats of Hamelin: Illustration by Kate Greenaway for Robert Browning's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"