LIPPSTADT

city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies along the Lippe River, on the slopes of the Teutoburger Wald. Lippstadt was probably founded by the lords of Lippe in 1168, and it joined the Hanseatic League in 1280. Half of the town passed to the county of Mark, which in 1614 was acquired by Brandenburg. In 1850 the prince of Lippe-Detmold sold his share to Prussia when this joint lordship ceased. Lippstadt has several 13th-century churches, old half-timbered houses, and a town hall dating from 1773, and there is a fine Rococo hall in the Hotel Kppelmann. The moated castles of Overhagen, Eringerfeld, Heringhausen, and Krtlinghausen are nearby. The city is a rail junction, with iron foundries and metalworking, and textile manufacturing. Pop. (1989 est.) 60,396.