Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald,[3] approximately 10km (6.2 miles) 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 (Irish: An Droichead Nua), Ireland since 2008.[4]
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.[3]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 21°C (70°F), were used both for bathing and drinking in cases of tuberculosis.[3]
Sports
The local football team is BV Bad Lippspringe, which Antonio Di Salvo started his career with, after being born nearby.
Bad Lippspringe is home to RAPA (Rhine Army Parachute Association), a British Army Parachute and Skydiving Dropzone. This was formed in 1964 and is still going today.
People born in Bad Lippspringe born or connected to the city
Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben (1650–1734), Prussian field marshal
Friedrich Kühn (1907–1979), German politician of the CDU, who was born in Bad Lippspringe
Wilhelm Wegener (1911–2004), legal historian and genealogist
Erich Fuchs (1921–2008), German internist and allergist, many years top and chief physician at the Asthma Clinic Allergy Research Institute in Bad Lippspringe
Sabine Lösing (born 1955), member of the European Parliament, grew up in Bad Lippspringe
Markus Gellhaus (born 1970), German football coach, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe
Antonio Di Salvo (born 1979), Italian footballer, played football at BV Bad Lippspringe
One or more of the preceding sentencesincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lippspringe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.16 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.742–743. Further citations:
Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);
Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and
Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).
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