Bad Pyrmont

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Bad Pyrmont
Town
Bad Pyrmont Holy Bath
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Pyrmont within Hameln-Pyrmont district
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Coordinates: 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
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.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 [de]	1194
• Comital line extinct; to Spiegelberg [de]	1494
• To Lippe	1557
• To Gleichen	1583
• To Waldeck	1625
• Waldeck's rights over Pyrmont confirmed; Lügde ceded to Paderborn	1668
• Regained independence	1805–12
• Prussian administration	from 1868
• German Revolution	1918
• Joined Prussian province of Hanover	1921
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Schwalenberg Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont

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.