Myths and legends - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1998 - 13 Shilling

The legend of the "Pied Piper of Korneuburg" is similar in content to the legend of the "Pied Piper of Hameln". This was known and loved by the famous saga collection of the Brothers Grimm throughout Germany. "It happened hundreds of years ago that the rat plague became once again oversized, the townspeople did not know what to do anymore, and in his great distress the Council of Korneuburg wrote a high price for the one who would free the city from the plague At this announcement, a strange man came forward who was willing to end the plague.The reward was soon negotiated, and the stranger went out into the street, took out a black pipe, and began to play a most disgusting tune on it Rats seemed to like it, coming out of every nook and cranny in great throngs and following the Pied Piper joyfully, even as it rose into the deep water in the nearby Danube, they did not stop and sank into the Danube floods, the Pied Piper he demanded his reward, but the head of the city refused him, and the stranger left without a word the city a wondrous sound. Again it was the Pied Piper who elicited such lovely melodies from his golden pipe that all the children of the city ran out of the houses and followed him. But he turned his steps to the Danube and the children followed him, even as he climbed into a waiting ship on the shore, which took away all the children. "This is the legend of the terrible revenge of the Pied Piper, the fountain of Korneuburg adorns the fountain the figure of the mysterious stranger who according to legend brought so much pain and suffering to the city of Korneuburg In the series "Legends and legends from Austria", the POST AND TELEKOM AUSTRIA dedicates a special postage stamp to this gruesome legend.