What is Bad Bentheim?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_flag = Flagge Bad Bentheim.svg |image_coa = DEU Bad Bentheim COA.svg |image_skyline = Bad Bentheim.jpg |image_caption = Bad Bentheim with its castle |coordinates = {{coord|52|18|11|N|07|09|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Bad Bentheim in NOH.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Grafschaft Bentheim |pop_demonym = Bentheimer |elevation = 49 |area = 100.16 |postal_code = 48455 |area_code = 05922; 05924 for Gildehaus |licence = NOH |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 56 001 |website = [http://www.stadt-badbentheim.de/index/ http://www.stadt-badbentheim.de/index/] |mayor = Volker Pannen<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021&ndash;26 |party = SPD }} [[File:Bad Bentheim, de Pulverturm bij Burg Bentheim Dm IMG 6757 2020-07-30 12.21.jpg|Tower (the Pulverturm) of Burg Bentheim|thumb|275px]] '''Bad Bentheim''' ({{IPA-de|baːt ˈbɛnthaɪm|lang|Bad bentheim.ogg}}; {{lang-nds-nl|Beantem}}) is a town in the southwestern part of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]], in the [[County of Bentheim (district)|County of Bentheim]] on the borders of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and the [[Netherlands]] about 15&nbsp;km south of [[Nordhorn]] and 20&nbsp;km northeast of [[Enschede]]. ==Geography== ===Extent of the municipal area=== The town limit is 49&nbsp;km, with a north–south reach of 14&nbsp;km and an east–west reach of 12&nbsp;km. The area under Bad Bentheim's power, along with all its constituent communities, has a total area of 100.16&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. ===Neighbouring communities=== Bad Bentheim, a town shaped by the Evangelical Church, belongs to Lower Saxony's district of Bentheim.