Bad Lippspringe
Template:Infobox German location Bad Lippspringe (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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,[1] 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 (Template:Langx), Ireland since 2008.[2]
Climate
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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.[1]
- 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.[1]
- In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp (Sennelager) 9 km to the west.[4]
Politics
The current mayor is Ulrich Lange of the CDU who has been serving as mayor since 2020. In the 2025 elections he was reelected with 65,4 % of the vote.[5]
City council
After the 2025 local elections, the Bad Lippspringe city council is composed as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,864 | 42.2 | Increase 1.0 | 16 | Increase 1 |
| Free Voters' Association Bad Lippspringe (FWG) | 1,167 | 17.2 | Decrease 3.5 | 7 | Decrease 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 968 | 14.3 | Increase 9.0 | 5 | Increase 5 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 688 | 10.1 | Decrease 8.9 | 4 | Decrease 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 661 | 9.7 | Decrease 8.5 | 4 | Decrease 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 244 | 3.6 | Decrease 1.6 | 1 | Decrease 1 |
| Association Social Bad Lippspringe (BSB) | 199 | 2.9 | New | 1 | New | |
| Valid votes | 6,791 | 99.0 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 72 | 1.0 | ||||
| Total | 6,863 | 100.0 | 38 | ±0 | ||
| Electorate/voter turnout | 13,150 | 52.2 | ||||
| Source: City of Bad Lippspringe | ||||||
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.
Notable people
- 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
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References
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- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Script error: No such module "template wrapper". Further citations:
- Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);
- Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and
- Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Spring of the River Lippe". Paderborner Land. Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land e. V. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ergebnis". wahlen.regioit.de (in Deutsch). 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
External links
- Official site Template:In lang
- 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).
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