Bad Pyrmont
Bad Pyrmont | |
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Bad Pyrmont Holy Bath | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Pyrmont
within Hameln-Pyrmont district | |
Location of Bad Pyrmont | |
Bad Pyrmont Bad Pyrmont | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′12″N 09°15′49″E / 51.98667°N 9.26361°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hameln-Pyrmont |
| Subdivisions | 9 subdivisions |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Klaus Blome (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.99 km2 (23.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2024-12-31) | |
• Total | 19,722 |
| • Density | 318.1/km2 (824.0/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 |
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.