Bad Pyrmont is a city in the district of
Hamelin-Pyrmont, in
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen),
Germany, with a population of 22,000 (2003). It is located on the River Emmer, about 10 km west of the
Weser, and a popular
spa resort that gained its reputation as a fashionable place for princely vacations in the
17th and
18th centuries. Its large park is among the most spectacular in Germany, with a renowned outdoor
palm garden. The
baroque castle (
1706-
1710), part of an impressive complex of fortifications from the
16th century, today houses the museum. Unique in Europe is the vapor cave, where therapeutic
carbon dioxide vapors emerge from the earth. The town is also the center of the
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Germany. Bad Pyrmonter mineralwasser, popular throughout northern Germany, is bottled in Bad Pyrmont.
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