12) Hameln. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., Eng. Hamelin, city (1994 pop. 59,210), Lower Saxony, N central Germany, a port on the Weser River. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Its manufactures...

13) Pied Piper of Ham'elin. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...This he did, for he gathered them together by his pipe, and then drowned them in the Weser. As the people refused to pay him, he next led the children to Koppelberg...

14) Minden, city, Germany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , city (1994 pop. 80,423), North Rhine-Westphalia, NW Germany, a port on the Weser River and the Midland Canal. It is an industrial center and rail junction....

15) Lippe, former state, Germany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(lip´) (KEY) , former state, N central Germany, between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser River. It was incorporated in 1947 into the state of North Rhine-Westphalia....

16) Bremerhaven. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , city (1994 pop. 131,490), in the state of Bremen, NW Germany, at the mouth of the Weser River, near the North Sea. It is one of the largest fishing ports...

17) Werra. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...and flowing about 291 km (181 mi) generally northward to join the Fulda River and form the Weser....

18) Hannoversch-Munden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lower Saxony, central Germany, where the Fulda and Werra rivers flow together to form the Weser River. Its manufactures include machine tools, chemicals, and lead,...

19) Saxons. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and some of the nearby islands, they gradually extended their territory southward across the Weser River. A politically unified people, the Saxons were ruled by princes...

20) Eder. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in Germany; it has a hydroelectric power plant. The reservoir supplies water to the Ems-Weser Canal....