Bad Münder

"Münder" redirects here. For similarly-named places, see Munder.
Bad Münder
Town
Flag of Bad Münder
Flag
Coat of arms of Bad Münder
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Münder within Hameln-Pyrmont district
Bad MünderSalzhemmendorfCoppenbrüggeHessisch OldendorfHamelinEmmerthalBad PyrmontAerzenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHolzminden (district)Hildesheim (district)Hanover (district)SchaumburgHameln-PyrmontLower Saxony
Bad Münder is located in Germany
Bad Münder
Bad Münder
Bad Münder is located in Lower Saxony
Bad Münder
Bad Münder
Coordinates: 52°11′57″N 09°27′55″E / 52.19917°N 9.46528°E / 52.19917; 9.46528
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHameln-Pyrmont
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Dirk Barkowski[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total
107.69 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
Elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
17,728
 • Density160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31848
Dialling codes05042
Vehicle registrationHM
Websitewww.bad-muender.de

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. The city with 16 districts has about 17,400 inhabitants (2020). The district Bad Münder is the administrative centre with about 8,000 inhabitants.

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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References

  1. ^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.


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