Editing Hamelin (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Hameln1.jpg|thumb|175px|Postcard ''"Gruss aus Hameln"'' featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902]]
*Saint [[Vicelinus]] (1086–1154), Bishop of Oldenburg, born in the town.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle= St. Vicelinus |volume= 15 |last= Mershman |first= Francis |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
*''[[Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' (ca 1284), the [[title character]] of a legend from the town.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hameln |volume= 12 |page= 876, see para 3 |quote= Legend of the Pied Piper: Hameln is famed as the scene of the myth of the piper of Hameln.... |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Glückel of Hameln]] (1646–1724), Jewish businesswoman and diarist
*[[Peter the Wild Boy]] (ca 1713–1785), found in 1725 living wild in the nearby woods 
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden]] (1752–1815), pioneer in mining and [[metallurgy]].
*[[Karl Philipp Moritz]] (1756–1793), author of the [[Sturm und Drang]] and [[Age of Enlightenment]] periods.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Moritz, Karl Philipp |volume= 18 |page= 838 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut]] (1772–1840), a jurist and musician.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Thibaut, Anton Friedrich Justus |volume= 26 |page= 846 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Friedrich Sertürner]] (1783–1841), [[pharmacist]], isolated morphine from opium (1822–1841)
*[[Johann Ludwig Dammert]] (1788–1855), the first [[List of mayors of Hamburg|Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg]] in 1843.
*[[Heinrich Bürger]] (1806–1858), German physicist, biologist and botanist, studied Japanese fauna and flora.
*[[Julius Wellhausen]] (1844–1918), Biblical scholar and orientalist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Wellhausen, Julius |volume= 28 |page=507 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Oswald Freisler]] (1895–1939), lawyer and brother of [[Roland Freisler]]
*[[Ida Schreiter]] (1912–1948), concentration camp warden executed for war crimes
*[[Heinz Knoke]] (1921–1993), German officer and [[Flying ace]] of the Luftwaffe
*[[Reinhard Busse]] (born 1963), physician and health economist.
*[[Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs]] (1965–2023), conductor, beginning at the local Youth Music School 
*[[Max Richter]] (born 1966), neo-classical composer
*[[Markus Pieper]] (born 1963), politician and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
*[[Susan Stahnke]] (born 1967), German TV presenter
*[[Jens Todt]] (born 1970), footballer who played 340 games