Lippstadt

Lippstadt
Lutheran Saint Mary's Church
Lippstadt
Location of the town of Lippstadt within Soest district
Coordinates	51°40′N 8°21′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Soest
Town subdivisions	18
Mayor	Christof Sommer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	113.3 km2 (43.7 sq mi)
Elevation	79 m  (259 ft)
Population	66,976 (31 December 2010)
- Density	591 /km2 (1,531 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SO
Postal codes	59555-59558
Area code	02941
Website	www.lippstadt.de

Lippstadt (German: [ˈlɪpʃtat] ( listen)) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest.

Geography

Lippstadt is situated in the Lippe valley, roughly 70 kilometres east of Dortmund and roughly 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. The historic town centre is situated between an artificial canal of the river Lippe and the river itself.

Neighbouring municipalities

Bad Sassendorf Delbrück Erwitte Geseke Langenberg

Lippetal Rietberg Salzkotten Wadersloh

Division of the town

Lippstadt consists of 18 districts:

Lippstadt Bad Waldliesborn Benninghausen Bökenförde Cappel Dedinghausen Eickelborn Esbeck Garfeln

Hellinghausen Herringhausen Hörste Lipperbruch Lipperode Lohe Overhagen Rebbeke Rixbeck

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Lippstadt is twinned with:

• Uden, Netherlands, since 1971

History

In the early 13th century Lippstadt, with a population of 2700, had four parish churches. There was an Augustinian abbey which had existed since 1281.

Heinrich von Ahaus founded one of his communities for women of the Brethren of the Common Life there.

In 1523 it formed a defensive alliance together with the neighbouring cities of Osnabrück, Dortmund, Soest and Münster.

Augustinians studying at the University of Wittenberg brought Martin Luther's doctrine home with them. Thus in 1524 Lutheran doctrines were preached at Lippstadt by their prior Westermann, and the town was one of the first to embrace Lutheranism officially, though it resisted the rise of Calvinism in rural areas of Westphalia.

Colonel Edward Morgan, (c.1616- after 1665), a Royalist during English Civil War 1642-9, was Captain General of the Kings (Charles I) forces in South Wales. After the King's arrest and execution, he fled to the continent, and married Anna Petronilla the daughter of Baron von Pöllnitz from Westphalia, Governor of Lippstadt. They had six children, two sons, and four daughters. He was later appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica 1664-65. His nephew Henry Morgan left his Jamaican property to his godsons Charles Byndloss (b.1668) and Henry Archbold on condition they adopted the surname of Morgan. These were the children of his two cousins Anna Petronilla Byndloss (née Morgan), and Johanna Archbold (née Morgan).

In 1821 the Papal Bull "De salute animarum", made over to the Bishopric of Paderborn the Lippian parishes of Cappel, Lipperode and Lippstadt, which had previously belonged to the Archbishopric of Cologne without producing any ensuing agreement with the state of Lippe.

In 1851 the whole of Lippstadt, which up to then had been divided between the Kingdom of Prussia and Lippe, was added to the Prussian royal province of Westphalia.

In 1944 a women's subcamp of Buchenwald was founded in Lippstadt. It was also the site of a displaced persons camp in the years following World War II. On 1 April 1945 the US 2nd Armored Division made contact with the 3rd Armored Division at Lippstadt, effecting junction of the US Ninth Army with the US First Army, and seized the city against scattered resistance.

People

• Anton Praetorius (b. 1560 in Lippstadt, d. 1613), theologian, fighter against witchcraft trials and torture
• Anthony Eickhoff (b. 1827 in Lippstadt-Benninghausen, d. 1901 in New York City), German-American author and politician
• Martin Niemöller (b. 1892 in Lippstadt, d. 1984), theologian
• Professor Conrad Hansen (b. 24.11.1906 in Lippstadt, d. 2002) pianist and music educator
• Kaspar Ulenberg, Lutheran convert to Catholicism, theological writer and translator of the Bible into German
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (b. 1955 in Lippstadt), former German footballer
• Esther Schumann MD, PhD (b. 1958) preeminent physician practicing HIV medicine in Florida USA

Economy

Lippstadt serves as headquarters of international automotive supplier Hella. It is also home to a factory of large-diameter antifriction bearings, seamless-rolled rings manufacturer Rothe Erde.

External links

• Official Site (German)
• Touristic information