Bad Lippspringe
Bad Lippspringe 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 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, Ireland since 2008.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, were used both for bathing and drinking in cases of tuberculosis.
- In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp 9 km to the west.
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, a British Army Parachute and Skydiving Dropzone. It was formed in 1964 and later closed in 2018 after 54 years.
Notable people
- Friedrich Wilhelm Weber, German epic poet, fountain doctor in Lippspringe
- Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben, Prussian field marshal
- Friedrich Kühn, German politician of the CDU, who was born in Bad Lippspringe
- Wilhelm Wegener, legal historian and genealogist
- Erich Fuchs, German internist and allergist, many years top and chief physician at the Asthma Clinic Allergy Research Institute in Bad Lippspringe
- Sabine Lösing, member of the European Parliament, grew up in Bad Lippspringe
- Markus Gellhaus, German football coach, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe
- Antonio Di Salvo, Italian footballer, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe