Hamelin (/ˈhæməlᵻn/ or /ˈhæmlᵻn/; German: Hameln) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 56,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Hamelin started with a monastery, which was founded as early as 851 AD. A village grew in the neighbourhood and had become a town by the 12th century. The incident with the "Pied Piper" (see below) is said to have happened in 1284 and may be based on a true event, although somewhat different from the tale. In the 15th and 16th centuries Hamelin was a minor member of the Hanseatic League.
In June 1634, during the Thirty Years' War, Lothar Dietrich, Freiherr of Bönninghausen, a General with the Imperial Army, lost the Battle of Oldendorf to the Swedish General Kniphausen, after Hamelin had been besieged by the Swedish army.
The era of the town's greatest prosperity began in 1664, when Hamelin became a fortified border town of the Principality of Calenberg. In 1705, it became part of the newly created Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, also called Hanover, when George Louis, Prince of Calenberg, later King George I of Great Britain, inherited the Principality of Lüneburg.
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To help remember a time
I thought that I had it all
Before I realized I wasn't who I wanted to be
Rather be something real
Than be something cheap and I...
(Start to get this down)
You've gotta run away, You've gotta find it
Oh down we go
(Try and try and stop me now)
You've gotta get away, you've gotta hide it
I'm getting better with it every day
With all the games you play
I'll make it worth the wait
We all look so much better on the outside
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We all look
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Right into obvious traps that I set for myself
Before I realized I was the only person to blame
Rather go up in smoke
Than go down in flames and I...
(Start to get this down)
You've gotta run away, You've gotta find it
Oh down we go
(Try and try and stop me now)
You've gotta get away, you've gotta hide it
I'm getting better with it every day
With all the games you play
I'll make it worth the wait
We all look so much better on the outside
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We all look
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I'm getting better with the weather almost ready to get out of my head
(Out of my head)
Out of my head
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With all the games you play
I'll make it worth the wait
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