Bad Lippspringe
{{Infobox German location
|name = Bad Lippspringe
|image_photo = Bl-rathaus.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Town hall of Bad Lippspringe
|type = Stadt
|image_coa = DEU Bad Lippspringe COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|51|47|00|N|8|49|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bad Lippspringe in PB.svg
|state = Nordrhein-Westfalen
|region = Detmold
|district = Paderborn
|elevation = 140
|area = 51.01
|postal_code = 33175
|area_code = 05252
|licence = PB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 74 008
|website = [http://www.bad-lippspringe.de/ www.bad-lippspringe.de]
|mayor = Ulrich Lange[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–25
|party = CDU
}}
Bad Lippspringe ({{IPA|de|baːt lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə|lang|De-Bad Lippspringe2.ogg}}) 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, approximately {{convert|10|km|abbr=in}} 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 ({{langx|ga|An Droichead Nua}}), Ireland since 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paderborner-land.de/eng/ausflugsziele/lippequelle.php |title=The Spring of the River Lippe |website=Paderborner Land |publisher=Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land e. V. |access-date=25 September 2015}}
Climate
{{Weather box
| location = Bad Lippspringe (1991–2020 normals)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = 4.6
|Feb high C = 5.5
|Mar high C = 9.4
|Apr high C = 14.3
|May high C = 18.2
|Jun high C = 21.3
|Jul high C = 23.6
|Aug high C = 23.3
|Sep high C = 19.0
|Oct high C = 13.9
|Nov high C = 8.7
|Dec high C = 5.4
| year high C = 13.9
|Jan mean C = 2.1
|Feb mean C = 2.5
|Mar mean C = 5.4
|Apr mean C = 9.4
|May mean C = 13.2
|Jun mean C = 16.2
|Jul mean C = 18.2
|Aug mean C = 18.1
|Sep mean C = 14.3
|Oct mean C = 10.2
|Nov mean C = 6.0
|Dec mean C = 3.0
|year mean C = 9.9
|Jan low C = -0.6
|Feb low C = -0.6
|Mar low C = 1.5
|Apr low C = 4.2
|May low C = 7.8
|Jun low C = 10.7
|Jul low C = 13.1
|Aug low C = 13.1
|Sep low C = 10.0
|Oct low C = 6.7
|Nov low C = 3.3
|Dec low C = 0.5
| year low C = 5.8
| precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 87.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 64.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 64.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 53.0
|May precipitation mm = 64.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 90.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 85.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 77.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 76.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 79.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 88.6
| year precipitation mm = 902.5
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 19.0
|Feb precipitation days = 16.8
|Mar precipitation days = 16.5
|Apr precipitation days = 13.6
|May precipitation days = 14.7
|Jun precipitation days = 15.5
|Jul precipitation days = 15.9
|Aug precipitation days = 15.7
|Sep precipitation days = 15.1
|Oct precipitation days = 16.8
|Nov precipitation days = 18.3
|Dec precipitation days = 20.4
|year precipitation days = 198.4
|Jan sun = 52.3
|Feb sun = 69.4
|Mar sun = 117.4
|Apr sun = 166.5
|May sun = 192.5
|Jun sun = 191.5
|Jul sun = 198.2
|Aug sun = 187.4
|Sep sun = 141.3
|Oct sun = 102.6
|Nov sun = 51.3
|Dec sun = 41.6
|year sun = 1512.7
|Jan humidity = 83.9
|Feb humidity = 81.2
|Mar humidity = 76.6
|Apr humidity = 70.2
|May humidity = 70.7
|Jun humidity = 72.1
|Jul humidity = 71.7
|Aug humidity = 72.3
|Sep humidity = 78.0
|Oct humidity = 81.9
|Nov humidity = 85.1
|Dec humidity = 85.5
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 6.0
|Feb snow days = 6.7
|Mar snow days = 2.0
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 1.1
|Dec snow days = 4.2
|year snow days =
| source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162550/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Lippspringe-Bad_10430.csv
| archive-date = 12 October 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Lippspringe-Bad_10430.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}
}}
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.
- 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 {{convert|21|°C}}, were used both for bathing and drinking in cases of tuberculosis.{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Lippspringe|volume=16|pages=742–743}} Further citations:
- Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);
- Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and
- Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).
- In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp (Sennelager) 9 km to the west.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.
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
File:Bl-arminiusquelle-mit-lq-im-vordergrund.jpg|{{lang|de|Arminiusquelle}} with {{lang|de|Lippequelle}} in the foreground
File:Friedrich Wilhelm Weber.jpg|Friedrich Wilhelm Weber
References
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External links
- [http://www.bad-lippspringe.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://webgerman.com/Notgeld/Directory/L/Lippspringe1.htm 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 ([http://webgerman.com/Notgeld/Directory/L/Lippspringe3.htm Die Sachsentaufe]).
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