Bad Lippspringe
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Location of Bad Lippspringe
within Paderborn district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Paderborn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Ulrich Lange[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 51.01 km2 (19.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
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| 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] Audio file "De-Bad Lippspringe2.ogg" not found) is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald,[2] 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.[3]
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Bad Lippspringe (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| 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[4] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit | edit source]- 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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp (Sennelager) 9 km to the west.[5]
Sports
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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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Arminiusquelle with Lippequelle in the foreground
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Further citations:
- Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);
- Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and
- Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).
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- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]- 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).
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