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Tourism

98 guest establishments with 1,610 beds,
approx. 225,000 overnight stays, approx. 3.8 million day guests,
youth hostel, 2 camping grounds,
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

13,265 residential buildings, 31,567 flats,
1,569 kindergarten places, 216 creche places,
104 after-school care places, 74 children´s play parks,
activity play park, high rope course, 14 open access school playgrounds,
17 football areas, 3 inline skater tracks, 5 places to play boule,
3 outdoor swimming-pools, indoor swimming-pool,
181 physicians and psychoptherapists,
48 dentists, 4 orthodontists, 20 pharmacies,
district hospital with 443 beds, approx. 37 clubs for senior citizens,
1,056 places in 12 old people´s and nursing homes,
and in one psychiatric nursing home,
village community halls, youth clubs,
youth campsite, children and youth centre,
cinema complex, 2 communication centres,
22 sports fields and 29 gyms,
86 sports clubs with 18,978 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,
university of applied sciences

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

Budget of the City of Hamelin - Basic budget 2010

Profit and loss budget:
revenues: 95,940,420 EUR
expenses: 117,926,660 EUR
Cash flow budget:
cash inflow: 108,004,610 EUR
cash outflow: 128,341,180 EUR