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5 unusual facts about Hamelin


Berlin Comedian Harmonists

The operetta Frau Luna was rewritten for the ensemble by Paul Lincke under the title of Die Comedian Harmonists besuchen Frau Luna ('The Comedian Harmonists Visit Frau Luna'), and this had its opening night at the Municipal Theatre, Hamelin, on 22 March 2006.

Der Rattenfänger von Hameln

This is the 13th century tale of Hunold Singuf, the "pied piper" who rids the town of Hamelin of its rats.

Hamlin Independent School District

The school mascot is the Pied Piper, due to the town having a similar name to Hamelin, where the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin originated.

Michael Boyer

Michael Boyer (January, 1960) is an American actor who plays the role of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in performances in Hamelin, Germany.

Newtown, Isle of Wight

There are stories of a pied piper who was hired to save Newtown from an excess of rats for 50 pounds, similar to the story of the Pied Piper in Hamelin, Germany.


Battle of Grand Port

To distract French attention from the drifting boats, Pym directed Captain Henry Lambert in Iphigenia to sail conspicuously off Port Napoleon, where the main body of the French squadron, led by Hamelin in Vénus, was based.

Charles Hamelin

He began the 2010 Olympics in the second 1500 m heat, there Hamelin placed second by 0.001 of a second to China's Liang Wenhao.

Denis Thériault

It won that year's Prix Anne-Hébert and Prix Quebec-France/Jean-Hamelin, and was the winning title in the 2007 edition of Le Combat des livres.

Ezra Schabas

For the next few years, he studied in a variety of places, including the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France as well as clarinet in New York with David Weber and in Paris with Gaston Hamelin.

Hanover S-Bahn

The network was extended via the Deister Railway to Barsinghausen, Bad Nenndorf and Haste and also via Springe to Hamelin.

Invasion of Isle de France

Rowley was able to recapture both ships within hours of their loss, and was also able to seize Hamelin and his flagship Vénus at the Action of 18 September 1810.

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

On returning to France in February 1811 Hamelin was presented to Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, and made a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, created a Baron of Empire, raised to the rank of rear-admiral and named commander of a division of the squadron under the orders of Admiral Édouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy.

LaNet-vi

The software was developed by José Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin (University of Buenos Aires), Alain Barrat (CNRS), Alessandro Vespignani (Indiana University), Luca Dall'Asta (Politecnico di Torino) and Mariano Beiró (University of Buenos Aires).

Marc-André Hamelin

A cycle of seven pieces, called Con Intimissimo Sentimento, was published (with a recording by Hamelin) by Ongaku No Tomo Sha; and a transcription of Zequinha de Abreu's Tico-Tico No Fubá has been published by Schott Music.

René Lemarant de Kerdaniel

In 1809, he took command of the Astrée and sailed to Île de France to reinforce the frigate squadron under Hamelin, where he witnesses the last stages of the Battle of Grand Port and helped sealing the fate of the last remaining British frigate.

The Pig King

Ni no Kuni:Features a playable character, Marcassin, the Porcine Prince of Hamelin


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