Bad Eilsen

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Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bad Eilsen within Schaumburg district

52°14′35″N 9°5′58″E / 52.24306°N 9.09944°E / 52.24306; 9.09944CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictSchaumburg Municipal assoc.EilsenGovernment

• MayorChristel Bergmann (SPD)Area

• Total2.46 km² (0.95 sq mi)Elevation

133 m (436 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,580 • Density1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

31707

Dialling codes05722Vehicle registrationSHGWebsitewww.bad-eilsen.de

Bad Eilsen (West Low German: Ahlsen) is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) southwest of Stadthagen, and 13 km (8.1 mi) southeast of Minden.

Bad Eilsen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Eilsen.

History

After World War II, Bad Eilsen hosted the headquarters of the Royal Air Force (British Air Force of Occupation) in the British Zone of Occupation until the opening of JHQ Rheindahlen in 1954. The HQ was served by the airfield at RAF Bückeburg (now Bückeburg Air Base), which also served the nearby HQ of the British Army of the Rhine in Bad Oeynhausen.

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.