November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the town and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian Province of Hanover, with Waldeck following into the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1929. Economy As a spa town, Bad Pyrmont's economy is heavily geared towards tourism. Bad Pyrmonter mineral water is bottled in Bad Pyrmont. Attractions Bad Pyrmont features a large , with a sizeable outdoor palm garden. The Baroque castle (1706–10) is part of a substantial complex of fortifications dating from the 16th century. The castle now houses the Museum of Municipal and Spa History. Notable people Emil Albes (1861–1923), German actor Max Born (1882–1970), Physicist, Nobel Prize winner and grandfather of Olivia Newton-John, spent his last years in Bad Pyrmont Rainer Brüninghaus (born 1949), German composer and jazz pianist Ferdinand Büchner (1823–1906), German flautist and composer Friedrich Drake (1805–1882), German sculptor Paul-Gerhard Klumbies (born 1957), German protestant theologian Caren Marks (born 1964), German politician (SPD) Johannes Schraps (born 1983), German politician (SPD) Sigrid Sternebeck (born 1949), former member of the Red Army Faction Theodor Stroefer (1843–1927), German publisher Thomas Webel (born 1954), German politician (CDU) Helmut Wildt (1922–2007), German actor Detlef Zühlke (born 1947), German engineer and professor Gallery Twin towns – sister cities Bad Pyrmont is twinned with: Anzio, Italy See also Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region Pyrmont, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney named after Bad Pyrmont References External links Official website Multimedia CBC Radio reports on surrender of the town, 22 April 1945 Spa towns in Germany 1494 disestablishments States and territories established in 1805 1812 disestablishments in Germany 1849 disestablishments in Germany Hameln-Pyrmont Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont