Other Figures

Tourism

82 guest establishments with approx. 1,500 beds,
approx. 3.8 million day guests, approx. 200,000 overnight stays,
1 youth hostel, 2 camping grounds, 1 caravan park,
historic old part of town, Renaissance exhibition,
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

13,086 residential buildings, 31,339 flats,
1,590 kindergarden places, 75 creche places,
100 after-school care places
3 outdoor swimming-pools, 1 indoor swimming-pool,
60 children´s play parks, 10 play parks for small children,
1 activity play park, 17 open access school playgrounds and 8 small play areas,
15 football fields, 5 inline skater tracks,
approx. 129 physicians in private practice,
approx. 56 dentists/orthodontists, 18 pharmacies,
district hospital with 443 beds,
approx. 37 clubs for senior citizens,
approx. 958 places in eleven old people´s homes and
nursing home places, 1 psychiatric nursing home,
13 outpatient services,
village community halls,
meeting places for young people, youth campsite, children´s playhouse,
1 cinema complex, 2 communication centres,
playing fields and gyms,
87 sports clubs with 21,782 members,
1,300 ha municipal forest

Schools (Selection):

3 grammar schools, 3 technical colleges, 3 middle schools,
2 special schools,
local and district adult education classes,
Weserbergland Business Academy

Culture

Municipal Organisations:

Culture Bureau, School of Art for the Youth,
Regenbogen (rainbow) Culture and Communication Centre,
museum, music school, town archives, town library,
theatre

Private Organisations (Selection):

choirs, galleries, local history clubs,
cultural activities in the churches, art clubs,
musical clubs, Pied Piper theatre group,
Sumpfblume socio-cultural centre,
other cultural clubs