Brstjjy

Bad Pyrmont
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Pyrmont
Bad Pyrmont Show map of Germany Bad Pyrmont Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 51°59′12″N 09°15′49″E / 51.98667°N 9.26361°E / 51.98667; 9.26361Coordinates: 51°59′12″N 09°15′49″E / 51.98667°N 9.26361°E / 51.98667; 9.26361
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hameln-Pyrmont
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Blome (Ind.)
Area
• Total	61.96 km2 (23.92 sq mi)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	19,067
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	31812
Dialling codes	05281
Vehicle registration	HM
Website	www.stadt-badpyrmont.de

County (Principality) of Pyrmont Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Pyrmont
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
• Partitioned from     Schwalenberg	1194
• Comital line extinct;     to Spiegelberg,     Lippe, Gleichen	1494, 1557, 1583 1194
• To Waldeck	1625
•	1668
• Regained independ.	1805–12
• Prussian admin.	from 1868
• German Revolution	1918
• Joined Prussian     province of Hanover	1921
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Schwalenberg Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Bad Pyrmont (German pronunciation: [bat pyrˈmɔnt, ˈpyrmɔnt]) is a town in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany, with a population close to 19,000. It is located on the River Emmer, about 10 km 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.

History

Formerly called Pyrmont, it was the seat of a small county during much of the Middle Ages. The county gained its independence from the County of Schwalenberg in 1194. Independence was maintained until the extinction of the comital line in 1494, when the county was inherited by the County of Spiegelberg. In 1557, the county was inherited by Lippe, then by the County of Gleichen in 1583.

In 1625, the county became part of the much larger County of Waldeck through inheritance. In 1668, the Reichskammergericht ruled against the Bishopric of Paderborn's claims that Pyrmont had been collateral in a loan, confirming the Count of Waldeck's rights over Pyrmont, who ceded the Amt of Lügde — previously the county's capital — to the bishopric in compensation. In January 1712, the Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to hereditary prince by Emperor Charles VI, the count having combined the two titles the previous year.

For a brief period, from 1805 to 1812, Pyrmont was again a separate principality as a result of inheritance and partition after the death of the previous prince, but the two parts were united again in 1812. The principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont retained its status after the Congress of Vienna of 1815 and became a member of the German Confederation. In 1813, the inhabitants of Pyrmont began to protest at their lack of autonomy within Waldeck–Pyrmont and the separate constitutional nature of the two territories was confirmed the following year, until a formal union was established in 1849.

From 1868 onward, the principality was administered by Prussia, but retained its legislative sovereignty. Prussian administration served to reduce administrative costs for the small state and was based on a ten-year contract that was repeatedly renewed. In 1871 it became a constituent state of the new German Empire. At the end of World War I, during the German Revolution the prince abdicated and Waldeck–Pyrmont became a free state within the Weimar Republic. On 30 November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the town and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian Province of Hanover, with Waldeck following into the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1929.

Economy

As a spa town, Bad Pyrmont's economy is heavily geared towards tourism.

Bad Pyrmonter mineral water is bottled in Bad Pyrmont.

Attractions

Bad Pyrmont features a large Kurpark, with a sizeable outdoor palm garden. The Baroque castle (1706–10) is part of a substantial complex of fortifications dating from the 16th century. The castle now houses the Museum of Municipal and Spa History. Unique in Europe is the vapor cave, where therapeutic carbon dioxide vapors emerge from the earth.^{[citation needed]}

Sons and daughters of the town

• 
  Ferdinand Büchner, (1823–1912) flute player and composer


• 
  Sigrid Sternebeck, (born 1949) former member of the Red Army Faction
  


• 
  Rainer Brüninghaus, (born 1949) jazz pianist and composer

Notable people

• 
  Max Born, (1882–1970) Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner and grandfather of Olivia Newton-John, spent his last years in Bad Pyrmont

Gallery

.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .caption{display:table-row;vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .caption>div{display:table-cell;display:block;font-size:94%;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;text-align:right;font-size:80%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox .thumb img{background:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images img{border:solid #eee 1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg img{background:#fff!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox div{background:#fff!important}

See also

• Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region


• 
  Pyrmont, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney named after Bad Pyrmont

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bad Pyrmont.

• Official website

Multimedia

• CBC Radio reports on surrender of the town, 22 April 1945