DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony
Landkreis: Schaumburg

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Bad Nenndorf Bad Nenndorf is situated at an elevation of 88 m between the rivers Weser and Leine in the east of the district Schaumburg, about 28 km west of Lower Saxony's capital, Hannover. The municipality of Bad Nenndorf has a population of about 10,600 (2015). bad Nenndorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Nenndorf, which also administers the municipalities of Haste, Hohnhorst and Suthfeld.

The village, probably dating from the beginning of the 9th century, is first recorded as Nyanthorpe in the records of Corvey Abbey in 936. The first church was erected in 1136. The village was the property of the Counts of Schaumburg from 1311. Following the establishment of another small settlement to the southwest of the village, the distinction was drawn between Groß Nenndorf and Klein Nenndorf. After the division of the county of Schaumburg in 1647, Nenndorf belonged to Hesse-Kassel. The healing power of the sulphur springs, situated between Gross Nenndorf and Klein Nenndorf, and first recorded in 1546, was first generally recognised in the mid-18th century. On the initiative of Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel (1803 Elector Wilhelm I), the 'estate district' of Nenndorf, with bathing installations and spa park, was initiated in 1787. Soon Nenndorf was one of the leading German spas. In 1866 Bad Nenndorf became a Royal Prussian state spa, and financial support from Berlin enabled it to expand further. The municipality of Bad Nenndorf was formed in 1929 by the amalgamation of Gross Nenndorf, Klein Nenndorf and the Estate District.

The former sulphur bathhouse (Großes Badehaus, 'Great Bathhouse') [left, no. 3818: top picture, and right, no. 3179] was built in 1906 in Rococo revial style. Today it operates as a hotel (Hotel Esplanade).

The Brunnentempel (Fountain temple) [left, no. 3818: bottom left picture], here labeled with the contemporary name, Trinkhalle (pump room) is the popular landmark of Bad Nenndorf. The sandstone construction, located directly above the sulfur spring, was built in 1846.

The Schlösschen (Lodge) [left, no. 3818: bottom right picture] was built in 1806 in Classicist style for Elector Wilhelm I (landgrave Wilhelm IX) of Hesse-Kassel. It served as residence of the elector and his successors when they stayed at Nenndorf.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Nenndorf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Nenndorf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenndorf_(Samtgemeinde); http://www.hotel-esplanade.de/geschichte-des-hotels/; https://www.europese-bibliotheek.nl/de/Bucher/Bad_Nenndorf_in_alten_Ansichten/100-119520/Artikel]