Lippe (German pronunciation: [ˈlɪpə]) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Originally the practice was probably used to ward off evil spirits and protect the building from malicious adversaries. Both were until 1990 in West Germany. The district became a Freistaat one of the constituent parts of the new republic. The most famous dish served in Lippe is the pickert. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. The Catholic Encyclopedia - Lippe, Germany. The main tributaries of the Lippe are (from source to mouth): Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (, "Stemmata Latinitatis; or, An etymological Latin dictionary", "Umweltministerium NRW: Detailseite Broschüren", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippe_(river)&oldid=977973657, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 03:05. The Battle of the Lupia River was fought in 11 BCE between Nero Claudius Drusus and the Sicambri (Sugambri). Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Neebourin destricts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, an destrict-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The industrialization caused huge water quality problems in the Lippe tributaries and the Lippe itself; therefore first in 1913 the Sesekegenossenschaft and later in 1926 the Lippeverband as water boards (“Wasserwirtschaftsverbände”) were established. Though the Lippe was partly navigable from 1820 on it was not sufficient for the transport of industrial goods. Environmental standards on national level and especially from the EU have been leading to enormous efforts to improve the nature standards and today a couple of positive developments can be stated, like new FFH (Flora Fauna Habitat) sites [5] and governmental initiatives around the WFD (Water Framework Directive).[6][7]. Schaumburg-Lippe, also Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807, a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.

The Lippe district nearly covers the same area as the historic county of Lippe. The Lippe (German pronunciation: ) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Lippe lands lie north and south of the east–west bend of the middle Weser River and extend southwestward to the Teutoburg Forest. Hesse-Kassel and Brunswick acquired some of those lands; but Philip of Lippe-Alverdissen, brother of the last countess of Schaumburg, retained others to form a principality with its capital at Bückeburg.