Lippe (state)

The Free State of Lippe (german: Freistaat Lippe) was a German state formed after the

Principality of Lippe Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a historical state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe. It was located between the Weser river and the southeast part of the Teutoburg Forest. It was founded in the 1640s under a sep ...

was abolished following the German Revolution of 1918. After the end of

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and

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regime, Lippe was restored. This autonomy ended in January 1947, when the Control Commission for Germany – British Element (CCG/BE) incorporated Lippe into the new German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

created three months earlier. The British established a number of military bases in North Rhine-Westphalia, of which

Detmold Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...

(HQ and units of 20th Armoured Brigade) and Lemgo (infantry battalion barracks) were located within the former boundaries of the Free State of Lippe. Lippe 1923-1946

KDR44 Extract Lippe and Schaumberg-Lippe

States of the Weimar Republic Former states and territories of North Rhine-Westphalia 1918 establishments in Germany 1947 disestablishments in Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-geo-stub