European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The sr4 is along the Weser River Korth of the fury tale City of pied Piper still plays mid Hamelin castles by Norbert Ehrenfreund staff correspondent of atom by Henry Poluzzi pied Piper plays at and just As they did in the old fairy the children Hock around dancing after his music while he strolls the City All this happens every sunday morning when Hamelin turns out to dramatize grimms Well known Story in which Hie rat Catcher first Nicce eds in leading All the rats out town with the fascinating tunes of his and when he receives no pay for his does the same to Hamelin children a his gruesome the castles around the City fit in As a of backdrop to this fairy tale Atmos the tour that Hank Poluzzi our photographer and i made from the British zone City of Hamelin first took us eight Miles South along the Weser through the of to Ham Elschen Burg visitors Are not allowed in Side but the Castle is Worth seeing from the and Hank came very close to falling into the Moat trying to get his ten Miles farther South along the Weser River is the Castle at Helen where the count von Schulen Faery just three or four Miles South of incidental is where the greatest liar of them Baron von lived most of his it was in these taverns along the Weser that Munchhausen told his tallest we Cut Back through Hamelin again and Rode the River Road North to the Castle of nine Miles from and the Castle of 14 Miles farther along the this is one Castle tour that could be made just As easily by the Schaumburg built in and overlooking the of the is the Best of Linden tree in the front Yard is supposed to be More than years old and it certainly looks it in the dining the original paint ing that covers the wan tells a Castle Story which is often told in this part of in the 13th a Knight left the and a wife to whom he was happily to join the crusaders in he was gone for Many years and during one particularly heavy fight he was captured and about to be killed when the daughter of the turkish who had fallen in love with talked her father into sparing his out of the Knight married the girl and soon started Back Home with As they neared the Castle he sent ahead a message to his first Wile that he would be returning in a few and that he was bringing with him the girl who had saved his the news that her husband was still alive and coming Back to her so overjoyed the first wife that she decided to make the Best of the when the two arrived she clasped them both thanked the girl for what she had and led them into the Castle bedroom which had been quickly rebuilt for she pointing to the three pillows on the there shall be room enough for All of and according to the waitress at the Schaumburg Castle cafe they All lived happily Ever the legend behind this painting with wide bed in scuba Umburn is told in today 4 h h