U.S. 84th Infantry Division under Major-General Alexander R. Bolling. It subsequently became part of the British Occupation Zone and was the site of a British interrogation camp (1945 to 1947). The poet Agnes Miegel lived in Bad Nenndorf between 1948 and 1964. The house she lived in (the ‘Agnes-Miegel-Haus’) is now a museum about her life and works. Bad Nenndorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Nenndorf and is twinned with Doudeville, in Normandy. Interrogation centre Between June 1945 and July 1947, Bad Nenndorf was the site of a British Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) center through which several hundred Nazi and suspected Communist prisoners passed. The camp became the focus of controversy after allegations of mistreatment of prisoners emerged. One British Army officer was convicted by a court-martial in 1948 for his part in the affair. The controversy surfaced again in December 2005 with the publication of an article in the British newspaper The Guardian In 2006 under Freedom of Information the newspaper reported on the mistreatment of prisoners at the center. Photos were destroyed, but a few remained hidden. Personality Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia (1807-1813), stayed during his reign frequently in Bad Nenndorf for a cure. He extended the spa facilities (construction of the mud bath 1809) The East Prussian poet Agnes Miegel (1879-1964) lived from 1948 to 1964 in Bad Nenndorf. Her former residence is now home to the Agnes Miegel Society. Since 1954 she is an honorary citizen of the city. Dieter Hecking (born 1964), former professional football player and coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach. References Towns in Lower Saxony Schaumburg Spa towns in Germany