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About Pied Piper Day
Music , Animals Fish Insect & Birds
Culture & Art , United States
Ends: Jun 26, 2025
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On Pied Piper Day, people celebrate the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, or (Rattenfänger von Hameln in German).
The legend is based on a possibly true story. During the 13th and 14th centuries, bubonic plague haunted Europe, and its source was rats. As a rat-Catcher in Hamelin, his services would have been in great demand.
The word 'pied' means multi-colored clothing, and this particular rat-catcher is said to have lured rats from their hiding places with music from his pipe, a simple wind instrument that looks like a flute. Of course, if people refused to pay him, he then used the music from his magical pipe to lure the town's children away. It is believed 130 children disappeared on this day in 1284 AD.
The city of Hameln is visited by thousands of people daily during the summer months, with the Pied Piper being the reason. In 2013 the city officially requested UNESCO recognize the city and its Pied Piper as an "intangible cultural heritage."
The legend endures in one form or another in the writings of Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, Robert Browning, Terry Pratchett, and others.
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