Lippetal is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the district of Soest, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

Geography

Lippetal is located north and south of the river

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe ...

between the cities of

Lippstadt Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. G ...

() and Hamm (). Lippetal is situated at the northern boundary of the Soester Börde, south of the river Lippe and the southern Münsterland in north of the river. The river Lippe flows from east to the west through the municipality. Windmühle-Heintrop

Division of the municipality

There are eleven villages in Lippetal:

Neighbouring Places

* Ahlen * Bad Sassendorf * Beckum * Hamm *

* Soest * Wadersloh

History

The municipality Lippetal was created by administrative reorganization in 1969. Lippetal was made with eleven villages from three different districts. The villages are mostly old

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the No ...

settlements. The villages Oestinghausen and Lippborg were first mentioned in 1189, Hovestadt in 1213, and the place of pilgrimage Herzfeld in a document in 786.

Personalities

* William Finnemann (1882-1942), priest of the Society of the Divine Word, auxiliary bishop of Manila and apostolic vicar of Calapan, * Leon (* 1969 as '' Jürgen Göbel '') German percussionist *

Dirk Langerbein Dirk Langerbein (born 9 September 1971, in Lippetal) is a German former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. During his career, he mostly played in the 2. Bundesliga, in which he made a total of 156 appearances playing for FC Gü ...

(* 1971) former football goalkeeper, now goalkeeper coach

References

External links

Official site
Soest (district) {{Soest-geo-stub