Bad Pyrmont is a popular spa resort located on the River Emmer in the middle of the charming Weserbergland in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

The town is famous for its park and nine medicinal springs, mud spa and a carbon dioxide natural gas spring. It has many clinics and health centres for various treatments and relaxation, and its large park is one of the finest in Germany and Europe, with a renowned outdoor palm garden adjacent to a moated baroque castle.

Bad Pyrmont is also well-known for its art and culture. As well as all-year-round spa concerts, well-known artists and groups are regular guests to the Spa, providing an attractive programme ranging from classic to pop, theatre, cabaret and jazz.

In addition, the Pyrmonter Theatre Company stages performances in the open-air courtyard of the castle during the summer, and there are regular festivals and conferences.

The town nestles in a valley (the ‘Valley of the Springing Fountains’) embraced by beautiful wooded hills. This landscape forms one of the major chakras of the Exterland landscape temple and zodiac.

The town’s location is about 35 km from the Externsteine (‘Dragon Stones’), an ancient centre of Celtic-Christian spirituality, which marks the centre and heart chakra of the Exterland Zodiac. The root chakra and entrance to the Exterland Zodiac is marked by Hameln, located on the River Weser and approx. 20 km from Bad Pyrmont.

Bad Pyrmont is on the main railway line from Hanover to Paderborn via Hameln.

Click here to go to the town’s official website.

Regular teachings, workshops and summer schools exploring this landscape and all that it means are given at Bad Pymont. See the Diary of Events.

© Peter Dawkins