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Tourism

85 guest establishments with approx. 1,530 beds,
approx. 3.8 million day guests, approx. 210,000 overnight stays,
1 youth hostel, 2 camping grounds,
1 caravan park, historic old part of town,
Pied Piper open-air play, musical "Rats",
pleasure boating on the river Weser, Weser cycle path,
Weser hill country, "Weser Renaissance Road",
"Road of the Timber-Framed Houses", "Fairy-tale Road"

Conference Facilities

Weserbergland-Centre (up to 700 persons),
Rattenfänger-Hall (up to 2,700 persons),
further conference facilities in hotels in Hamelin

Traffic

Nearest Motorway Junctions:
A 2 approx. 20 km, A 7 approx. 50 km,
Intersection of 3 Federal Highways: B 1, B 83, B 217
Train Connections: Hannover-Paderborn and Hildesheim-Löhne,
Suburban railway links with Hanover and Hanover Airport
Hanover Airport: approx. 65 km
Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport: approx. 80 km

Social Affairs and Leisure Time

13,153 residential buildings, 31,419 flats,
1,528 kindergarten places, 117 creche places,
106 after-school care places, 73 children´s play parks,
1 activity play park, 15 open access school playgrounds,
16 football areas, 5 inline skater tracks,
5 places to play boule,
3 outdoor swimming-pools, 1 indoor swimming-pool,
161 physicians and psychoptherapists in private practice,
51 dentists, 4 orthodontists, 20 pharmacies,
district hospital with 443 beds, approx. 37 clubs for senior citizens,
1.042 places in 12 old people´s and nursing homes,
and in one psychiatric nursing home,
13 outpatient nursing services,
village community halls,
youth clubs, youth campsite, children´s playhouse,
1 cinema complex, 2 communication centres,
22 sports fields and 29 gyms,
87 sports clubs with 21,320 members,
1,300 ha municipal forest

Schools (Selection):

3 grammar schools, 3 technical colleges, 3 middle schools,
3 primary and secondary schools, 12 primary schools
2 special needs schools, adult education centre,
Weserbergland Business Academy

Culture

Municipal Organisations:

youth art schools, Culture Bureau, Regenbogen (rainbow) Culture and Communication Centre, museum, music school, town archives, town library,
theatre

Private Organisations (Selection):

choirs, galleries, local history clubs, church organized cultural activities, art clubs, musical clubs, Pied Piper theatre group, Sumpfblume socio-cultural centre, other cultural clubs

Politics

The Town Council of Hamelin

Member	Seats
SPD Party	14
CDU Party	13
B 90/Green Party	4
FDP Party	4
Citizens' Party	6
no Party´s member	1
Lord Mayor	1
Total	43