race series Politics Mayors The mayor of Bad Driburg is Burkhard Deppe (CDU). He was elected in 2004 and reelected in 2009, 2014 and 2020. His predecessor was Karl-Heinz Menne (CDU), who was elected in 1999. Town council Coat of arms Bad Driburg's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In azure a crenellated town wall and gate over which a crenellated tower Or, above the wall sinister a Latin cross Or. This tower has been a symbol of Driburg for almost 800 years, and it can even be seen on the "Driburg Pfennig", which was struck in 1215, and of which only two examples are known today. The cross stands for Paderborn, to which Bad Driburg once belonged. A similar coat of arms in gules (red) rather than azure (blue) was granted on 6 July 1908, but in 1973, the red was changed to blue, and the cross, formerly a cross pattée, became a Latin cross. This newer version was approved by the Regierungspräsident in Detmold on 9 May 1973. Education Gem. Grundschule Katholische Grundschule Katholische Grundschule Neuenheerse Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Dringenberg Städtische Grundschule Städtisches Gymnasium Gymnasium St. Xaver Gymnasium St. Kaspar Caspar-Heinrich-Schule Gemeinschafts-Hauptschule der Stadt Bad Driburg Friedrich-Wilhelm-Weber-Realschule der Stadt Bad Driburg Städtische Schule für Lernbehinderte Notable people Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813–1894), doctor and poet of Dreizehnlinden , member of the Prussian Landtag for the constituency Höxter / Warburg 1862-1893 Lilli Schwarzkopf (born 1983), heptathlete, lives in Bad Driburg (district Siebenstern), participated in the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London. Town partnerships The partnership with Uebigau (citizens' shooting guild) in southwestern Brandenburg has existed since 1990. References External links Official site Bad Driburg in the Kulturatlas Westfalen Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Spa towns in Germany Höxter (district) Holocaust locations in Germany