Lippstadt

Lippstadt is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an estimated population of over 70,000. The historic city center is placed between an artificial canal of the river Lippe and the river itself. In 1944 a female subcamp of Buchenwald was founded in Lippstadt.

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Nearby cities include: Paderborn, Soest, Erwitte, Geseke.

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Geographic position:

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• 51? 40' north
• 8? 21' east
• Anton Praetorius (* 1560 in Lippstadt, + 1613), theologian, fighter against witchcraft trials and torture
• Martin Niem?ller (* 1892 in Lippstadt, + 1984), theologian
• Professor Conrad Hansen (* 24.11.1906 in Lippstadt, + 2002) piano player und music educator
• Thomas Valentin (* 13. Januar 1922 in Weilburg/Lahn, + 22. Dezember 1980 in Lippstadt), German writer
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (* 1955 in Lippstadt ), German soccer player
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Lippe: This article is about the district Lippe. For the same-named river see Lippe River....

Buchenwald: Buchenwald was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg Hill near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, in July 1937. The name "Buchenwald" is German for "beech forest", as the camp was located in Buchenwald forest. The prisoners were used as slave labour in local armament factories....

Paderborn: Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Paderborn. Geographical location , population approx. 142,000, of which approx. 8% are students at the local university and about 10.000 are members or former members of the British Armed Forces. The vast majority of the...