Back ليبه (مقاطعة) Arabic Kreis Lippe CEB Zemský okres Lippe Czech Kreis Lippe Danish Kreis Lippe German Distrikto Lippe Esperanto Distrito de Lippe Spanish Lippe kreis Estonian لیپه (ناحیه) Persian Lippen piirikunta Finnish
Lippe | |
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| Coordinates: 52°00′N 8°55′E / 52.000°N 8.917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Adm. region | Detmold |
| Capital | Detmold |
| Government | |
| • District admin. | Axel Lehmann (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,246.4 km2 (481.2 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 349,781 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LIP |
| Website | www.lippe.de |
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.
The district of Lippe is named after the Lords of Lippe, who originally lived on the river Lippe and founded Lippstadt there, and their Principality of Lippe. It was a state within the Holy Roman Empire and retained statehood until 1947, when it became a district of North Rhine-Westphalia.