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.
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Location of Bad Münder within Hameln-Pyrmont district   | |
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| Coordinates: 52°11′57″N 09°27′55″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hameln-Pyrmont |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hartmut Büttner (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 107.69 km2 (41.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 17,465 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 31848 |
| Dialling codes | 05042 |
| Vehicle registration | HM |
| Website | www.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
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