Bad Münder

Bad Münder (also: Bad Münder am Deister; West Low German: Bad Münner) is a town in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the south side of the Deister hills in the Deister-Süntel valley, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Hamelin.

Bad Münder
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Location of Bad Münder within Hameln-Pyrmont district
Bad Münder
Bad Münder
Coordinates: 52°11′57″N 09°27′55″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHameln-Pyrmont
Government
  MayorHartmut Büttner (SPD)
Area
  Total107.69 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
Elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
  Total17,445
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31848
Dialling codes05042
Vehicle registrationHM
Websitewww.bad-muender.de

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Georg Philipp Holscher (1792–1852), ophthalmologist
  • Christian Ludwig Fröhlich (14 June 1799–11 March 1870), executioner in Hoya
  • August Pott (born 1802 in Nettelrede; died 1887), linguist
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Nolte (1880–1952), politician (German-Hanoverian Party)
  • Leo Wispler (1890–1958), writer
  • Hans Piepho (born 1909 in Eimbeckhausen; died 1996), zoologist, entomologist and university teacher
  • Hildegard Falck (born 1949 in Nettelrede), Olympic champion runner
  • Karl-Martin Hentschel (born 1950), politician, Alliance 90/The Greens
  • Frank Jelinski (born 1953), racing driver

References

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