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Lippe, one of the smallest of the former German states, forming, since 1946–47, the northeastern corner of the Land (state) of North Rhine-Westphalia; the rather smaller Schaumburg-Lippe, now in the southern part of the Land of Lower Saxony, was founded in the 1640s under a separate branch of the House of Lippe.
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Lippe ( German pronunciation: [ˈlɪpə]) is a Kreis ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe .
Aug 8, 2016 · Lippe was a principality in central Germany until 1947, when it was incorporated into North Rhine–Westphalia. Lippe is also the name of a river that flows into the Rhine and is used for barge navigation.
Lippe River, river, a right-bank tributary of the Rhine, that flows through North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state) in Germany. Rising near Bad Lippspringe on the western edge of the Teutoburger Wald, the Lippe follows a westerly course of 155 miles (250 km) and flows into the Rhine near Wesel.
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Description and history. The river Lippe has been used as an infrastructure in Roman times. For the Romans the river (named Lupia) [2] was a gateway to Germania, running from the river Rhine to the region around Paderborn.
Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe. It was located between the Weser river and the southeast part of the Teutoburg Forest. It originated as a state during the Holy Roman Empire, and was promoted to the status of principality in 1789.
http://www.lippe.de. Lippe ( IPA: [ˈlɪpə]) is a Kreis ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany . The district of Lippe is named after the Lords of Lippe and their Principality of Lippe. It was a state within the Holy Roman Empire and today is a district of Northrhine-Westphalia.
