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Lippstadt

Lippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Lippe, founded around 1185 by Bernhard II of Lippe as one of the first planned towns in Westphalia. A Hanseatic town, it was for centuries ruled jointly by the lords of Lippe and the counts of the Mark and their successors. Today it is an industrial centre.

Lippstadt
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County of Lippe

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lippstadt. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lippstadt
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