Bad Lippspringe

Bad Lippspringe
Town
Town hall of Bad Lippspringe
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Lippspringe within Paderborn district
Bad Lippspringe Show map of Germany Bad Lippspringe Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°47′00″N 8°49′00″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Ulrich Lange[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	50.99 km^2 (19.69 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,884
• Density	330/km^2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33175
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	PB
Website	www.bad-lippspringe.de

Bad Lippspringe (German: [baːt lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald,^[3] approximately 10 km (6.2 miles) north-east of Paderborn. The river Lippe has its source in Bad Lippspringe, and the town is noted for its powerful river springs, many hospitals and its beautiful state gardening show in 2017. Bad Lippspringe has been twinned with Newbridge, County Kildare (Irish: An Droichead Nua), Ireland since 2008.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Bad Lippspringe (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	5.5 (41.9)	9.4 (48.9)	14.3 (57.7)	18.2 (64.8)	21.3 (70.3)	23.6 (74.5)	23.3 (73.9)	19.0 (66.2)	13.9 (57.0)	8.7 (47.7)	5.4 (41.7)	13.9 (57.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.1 (35.8)	2.5 (36.5)	5.4 (41.7)	9.4 (48.9)	13.2 (55.8)	16.2 (61.2)	18.2 (64.8)	18.1 (64.6)	14.3 (57.7)	10.2 (50.4)	6.0 (42.8)	3.0 (37.4)	9.9 (49.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.6 (30.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	1.5 (34.7)	4.2 (39.6)	7.8 (46.0)	10.7 (51.3)	13.1 (55.6)	13.1 (55.6)	10.0 (50.0)	6.7 (44.1)	3.3 (37.9)	0.5 (32.9)	5.8 (42.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	87.6 (3.45)	64.0 (2.52)	64.8 (2.55)	53.0 (2.09)	64.4 (2.54)	70.8 (2.79)	90.2 (3.55)	85.7 (3.37)	77.0 (3.03)	76.6 (3.02)	79.6 (3.13)	88.6 (3.49)	902.5 (35.53)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	19.0	16.8	16.5	13.6	14.7	15.5	15.9	15.7	15.1	16.8	18.3	20.4	198.4
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm)	6.0	6.7	2.0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4.2	20.1
Average relative humidity (%)	83.9	81.2	76.6	70.2	70.7	72.1	71.7	72.3	78.0	81.9	85.1	85.5	77.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours	52.3	69.4	117.4	166.5	192.5	191.5	198.2	187.4	141.3	102.6	51.3	41.6	1,512.7
Source: World Meteorological Organization[5]

History

• Lippspringe is mentioned in chronicles as early as the 9th century, and here in the 13th century the order of the Templars established a stronghold. It received civic rights about 1400.^[3]

• Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was born here in 1817.
• During the 19th century, the Arminius spring and the Liborius spring, with saline waters of a temperature of 21 °C (70 °F), were used both for bathing and drinking in cases of tuberculosis.^[3]
• In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp (Sennelager) 9 km to the west.^[6]

Sports

The local football team is BV Bad Lippspringe, which Antonio Di Salvo started his career with, after being born nearby.

Bad Lippspringe was home to RAPA (Rhine Army Parachute Association), a British Army Parachute and Skydiving Dropzone. It was formed in 1964 and later closed in 2018 after 54 years.

People born in Bad Lippspringe born or connected to the city

• Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813–1894), German epic poet, fountain doctor in Lippspringe
• Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben (1650–1734), Prussian field marshal
• Friedrich Kühn (1907–1979), German politician of the CDU, who was born in Bad Lippspringe
• Wilhelm Wegener (1911–2004), legal historian and genealogist
• Erich Fuchs (1921–2008), German internist and allergist, many years top and chief physician at the Asthma Clinic Allergy Research Institute in Bad Lippspringe
• Sabine Lösing (born 1955), member of the European Parliament, grew up in Bad Lippspringe
• Markus Gellhaus (born 1970), German football coach, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe
• Antonio Di Salvo (born 1979), Italian footballer, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe

Gallery

• 
  Arminiusquelle with Lippequelle in the foreground
• 
  Friedrich Wilhelm Weber

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lippspringe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 742–743. Further citations:
   • Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);
   • Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and
   • Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).
4. "The Spring of the River Lippe". Paderborner Land. Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land e. V. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
5. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
6. Documents de Guerre 1914-1915, reports on visits to prison camps in England, France and Germany. March 1915. ICRC Geneva, Librairie Georg & Cie. p68. accessed online in May 2016.

External links

• Official site (in German)
• Bad Lippspringe Notgeld (Emergency banknotes from the town of Lippspringe) http://webgerman.com/Notgeld/Directory/L/Lippspringe1.htm One note shows the baptism of the Saxons in 776 after submitting to Charlemagne (Die Sachsentaufe).