Bad Lippspringe () is a town in the district of

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

, in

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Geography

Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald, approximately north-east of

. The river

Lippe Lippe () 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 d ...

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

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( ga, An Droichead Nua),

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since 2008.

History

Lippspringe is mentioned in chronicles as early as the 9th century, and here in the 13th century the order of the

Templars , colors = White mantle with a red cross , colors_label = Attire , march = , mascot = Two knights riding a single horse , equipment ...

established a stronghold. It received civic rights about 1400. 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 , were used both for bathing and drinking in cases of

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

. Further citations: *Dammann, ''Der Kurort Lippspringe'' (Paderborn, 1900); *Koniger, ''Lippspringe'' (Berlin, 1893); and *Frey, ''Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke'' (Paderborn, 1899).

Sports

The local football team is BV Bad Lippspringe, which

Antonio Di Salvo Antonio Di Salvo (born 5 June 1979) is a German-Italian football manager and former forward. He is the manager of the Germany U21 national team. Playing career Di Salvo began his senior career with played with his local club SC Paderborn from ...

started his career with, after being born nearby. Bad Lippspringe is home to RAPA (Rhine Army Parachute Association), a British Army Parachute and Skydiving Dropzone. This was formed in 1964 and is still going today.

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 Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben (16 December 1650 in Bad Lippspringe – 26 January 1734 in Berlin) was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts with Aug ...

(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 An allergist is a physician specially trained to manage and treat allergies, asthma and the other allergic diseases. They may also be called immunologists. Becoming an allergist Becoming an allergist/immunologist requires completion of at leas ...

, many years top and chief physician at the Asthma Clinic Allergy Research Institute in Bad Lippspringe *

Sabine Lösing Sabine Lösing (born 30 November 1955) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament from Germany. She is a member of The Left, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.Neues Deutschland: Delegation der LINKEN, 14. Jul ...

(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 *

(born 1979), Italian footballer, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe

Galllery

File:Bl-arminiusquelle-mit-lq-im-vordergrund.jpg, with in the foreground File:Friedrich Wilhelm Weber.jpg, Friedrich Wilhelm Weber File:Bad Lippspringe 25 Pfg 1921.jpg, 25- from 1921

References

External links

Official site

(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

. {{Authority control Paderborn (district) Spa towns in Germany