the last Saturday in August), the Bad Bentheim flea market is held here. In the large car park in the western part of the park, the summer and autumn fairs, and the town's shooting festival, are held annually. Near to this car park is the Bad Bentheim Sandstone Museum. Famous people Honorary citizens After the Second World War, the town of Bad Bentheim sought to improve once again the noticeably cooler relations with its neighbours to the west, that is to say, the Dutch. Prof. Dr. Hendricus Prakke, since 1966 an honorary citizen of Bentheim, strongly supported this quest. Prakke, who died in 1992, was a citizen of the Dutch town of Assen, with which Bad Bentheim has been intensively cultivating a partnership since 1959. Also Herr Dr. h. c. Hans-Carl Deilmann was awarded the town's honours when his business, Deilmann AG (now KCA Deutag), employing more than 8,000 in the 1970s, took a leading part in the economic upswing in Bentheim and the old county. To honour Deilmann, Deilmannstraße in Bad Bentheim was named after him. Celebrities Johan Picardt, (1600-1670), German-Dutch, moor colonizer, Reformed Protestant pastor, doctor and writer Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt, (1584-1632), member of the Fruitbearing Society, count, Capitular of Strasbourg Hanna Krabbe, (born 1945), was born and grew up in Bad Bentheim, Red Army Faction member, released from prison in 1996 Friederike Krabbe, (born 1950), was born and grew up in Bad Bentheim, Red Army Faction member, international warrant issued for her arrest Gaby Baginsky, (born 1954), hit singer with about 20 albums released, resident in Bad Bentheim Franz Wittenbrink, (born 1948), arranger, composer, conductor, director and pianist born in Bad Bentheim Hermann Schulze-Berndt, religious educator and author Margitta Gummel, (born 1941), athlete and Olympic medallist; settled in Bad Bentheim Rene Lange, (born 1988), footballer Hayo Vierck (1939-1989), archaeologist Nils Röseler (born 1992), footballer References Further reading (English-French-Dutch-German) Hubert Titz (publisher): Bad Bentheim - Aspekte einer Stadtgeschichte. Schriftenreihe der Volkshochschule des Landkreises Grafschaft Bentheim Bd. 21/Schriftenreihe des Heimatvereins Grafschaft Bentheim Bd. 138, Bad Bentheim 1996. Herbert Wagner: Die Gestapo war nicht allein… Politische Sozialkontrolle und Staatsterror im deutsch-niederländischen Grenzgebiet 1929-1945. (Gestapo und Grenzpolizeikommissariat Bentheim), LIT-Verlag, Münster 2004. External links Internet presence of the Town of Bad Bentheim Bardel Franciscan Monastery picture gallery at the Bardel Franciscan Monastery Site of the Prince of Bentheim Site of Bentheim Castle Site of the Sandstone Museum Towns in Lower Saxony