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and spa park, was initiated in 1787. The sulphur springs, which until then had been despised as devil's excrement on account of their pungent odour, were reckoned among the most powerful in Europe, and could now finally be applied with great success for rheumatism, arthritis and skin complaints. Soon
Nenndorf was one of the leading German spas. In 1866 Bad Nenndorf became the Royal Prussian state spa, and financial support from Berlin enabled it to expand further.
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The healing power of the sulphur springs, situated between Gross
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The first church was erected in 1136. The village was the property of the Counts of
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in 1948 for his part in the affair. The controversy surfaced again in
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