Bad Eilsen
Bad Eilsen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately southwest of Stadthagen, and southeast of Minden.
Bad Eilsen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Eilsen.History
After World War II, Bad Eilsen hosted the headquarters of the Royal Air Force 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.
