OEYNHAUSEN  , a

town and watering-place of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, on the Werre, situated just above its confluence with the Weser, 9 M . W. from Minden by the main line of railway from Hanover to Cologne, with a station on the Lohne-Hameln line . Pop . (1905) 3894 . The place, which was formerly called Rehme, owes its development to the discovery in 1830 of its five famous salt springs, which are heavily charged with carbonic acid gas . The waters are used both for bathing and drinking, and are particularly efficacious for nervous disorders, rheumatism, gout and feminine complaints .