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 entered.

The street through which the piper went is called the Bungen-Strasse, because no music, no drum (Bunge), may be played in it. If a bridal procession passes through it, the music must cease until it is out of it. It is not long since two moss-grown crosses on the Koppenberg marked the spot where the little ones vanished. On the wall of a house in the town is written, in gold characters—

“Anno 1284 am dage Johannis et Pauli war der 26. Junii dorch einen piper mit allerlei farve bekledet gewesen 130 kinder verledet binnen Hameln gebon to Calvarie, bi den Koppen verloren.”

On the Rathhaus was sculptured, in memory of the event— “Im Jahr 1284 na Christi gebert Tho Hamel worden uthgevert hundert und dreiszig kinder dasülvest geborn durch einen Piper under den Köppen verlorn.” And on the new gate— “Centum ter denos cum magus ab urbe puellos Duxerat ante annos CCLXXII condita porta fuit.” For long, so profound was the impression produced by the event, the town dated its public documents from this calamity.