Bad Pyrmont
Town in Lower Saxony, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bad Pyrmont (German: [baːt pʏʁˈmɔnt] ⓘ, also: [- ˈpʏʁ-]; West Low German: Bad Purmunt) is a town in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population close to 19,000. It is located on the river Emmer, about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the Weser. Bad Pyrmont is a popular spa resort that gained its reputation as a fashionable place for princely vacations in the 17th and 18th centuries. The town is also the center of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Germany.
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Bad Pyrmont | |
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Location of Bad Pyrmont within Hameln-Pyrmont district | |
Coordinates: 51°59′12″N 09°15′49″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Hameln-Pyrmont |
Subdivisions | 9 subdivisions |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–26) | Klaus Blome[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 61.96 km2 (23.92 sq mi) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,604 |
• Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 31812 |
Dialling codes | 05281 |
Vehicle registration | HM |
Website | www |
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Quick Facts County (Principality) of PyrmontGrafschaft (Fürstentum) Pyrmont (German), Status ...
County (Principality) of Pyrmont | |||||||||||
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1194–1918 | |||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the German Confederation, State of the North German Confederation, State of the German Empire | ||||||||||
Capital | Pyrmont, Lügde | ||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
1194 | |||||||||||
1494 | |||||||||||
• To Lippe | 1557 | ||||||||||
• To Gleichen | 1583 | ||||||||||
• To Waldeck | 1625 | ||||||||||
1668 | |||||||||||
• Regained independence | 1805–12 | ||||||||||
• Prussian administration | from 1868 | ||||||||||
1918 | |||||||||||
• Joined Prussian province of Hanover | 1921 | ||||||||||
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