Lippstadt

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Lippstadt

Location of Lippstadt within Soest district

Coordinates: 51°40′N 8°21′E / 51.667°N 8.350°ECoordinates: 51°40′N 8°21′E / 51.667°N 8.350°E

Country

Germany

State

North Rhine-Westphalia

Government

• Mayor

Christof Sommer (CDU)

Area

• Total

113.3 km² (43.7 sq mi)

Elevation

79 m (259 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

67,233

• Density

590/km² (1,500/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

59555-59558

02941

SO, LP

Website

www.lippstadt.de

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

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.

Lippstadt consists of 18 districts:

Lippstadt is twinned with:

Lippstadt was founded by Bernhard II zur Lippe. 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.

From 1400, the enclave and town of Lippstadt was to be a condominium shared by the county of Lippe and the counts of Cleves-Mark, who were succeeded by the Hohenzollerns (Brandenburg/Prussia), a situation that endured until the middle of the 19th. century.

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).

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