Editing Hameln-Pyrmont

{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Expand German|topic=geo|Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name=Hameln-Pyrmont
| state=Lower Saxony
| capital=[[Hameln]]
| area=796
| Kreisschlüssel    = 03252
| district_admin    = Dirk Adomat
| admin_party       = SPD
| carsign=HM
| url= [http://www.hameln-pyrmont.de hameln-pyrmont.de]
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
| image_coa = Wappen Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont.svg
| image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont.svg
}}
'''Hameln-Pyrmont''' is a [[districts of Germany|district]] (''Landkreis'') in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Schaumburg]], [[Hanover (district)|Hanover]], [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]] and [[Holzminden (district)|Holzminden]], and by the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] (district of [[Lippe]]).

==History==
A district called Hameln was established in 1885 within the [[Prussia]]n [[Province of Hanover]]. At that time the city of [[Bad Pyrmont|Pyrmont]] was part of the Principality of [[Waldeck-Pyrmont]]. In 1921 Pyrmont decided in a plebiscite to leave Waldeck-Pyrmont and to join Prussia. The Prussian administration assigned the city to the district of Hameln, which was renamed to Hameln-Pyrmont.

In 1923 [[Hameln]] became a district-free city and was not part of the district until 1973, when it was reincorporated. Further enlargements of the district's territory took place in 1974 and 1977, when the cities of [[Bad Münder]] and [[Hessisch Oldendorf]] joined the district.

==Geography==
The district is located in the northern part of the [[Weserbergland]] mountains. The [[Weser]] River enters the district in the south, runs through Hameln and leaves in the northwest towards [[Rinteln]].

==Coat of arms==

The lion is the heraldic animal of the County of Everstein, which ruled over the territory until 1429. The red cross in the lion's hands was the symbol of Pyrmont.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district HM|Municipalities in HM.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! align=left width=50%|Cities
! align=left width=50%|[[Municipality|Municipalities]]
|- valign=top
||
# [[Bad Münder]]
# [[Bad Pyrmont]]
# [[Hameln]]
# [[Hessisch Oldendorf]]
||
# [[Aerzen]]
# [[Coppenbrügge]]
# [[Emmerthal]]
# [[Salzhemmendorf]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont}}
* [http://www.hameln-pyrmont.de Official website of Hameln-Pyrmont] (German)
* [http://www.salzhemmendorf.de/pages/touristik/tour_haupt.html Official website of Salzhemmendorf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310204914/http://www.salzhemmendorf.de/pages/touristik/tour_haupt.html |date=2007-03-10 }} (German)
* [http://www.pension-gorial.de/html/english-index.html bed and rich breakfast at Salzhemmendorf, district Lauenstein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313083152/http://www.pension-gorial.de/html/english-index.html |date=2007-03-13 }} (English)

{{Germany districts lower saxony}}

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