Lippetal

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Lippetal
Municipality
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St. Anna chapel in Nordwald
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Location of Lippetal within Soest district
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Lippetal
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Lippetal
Coordinates: 51°39′N08°05′E / 51.650°N 8.083°E / 51.650; 8.083
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Soest
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Matthias Lürbke [1] (CDU)
 • Governing parties CDU
Area
 • Total126.58 km2 (48.87 sq mi)
Highest elevation
155 m (509 ft)
Lowest elevation
69 m (226 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total11,837
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
59510
Dialling codes 02923 (Herzfeld)
02527 (Lippborg)
Vehicle registration SO
Website www.lippetal.de

Lippetal is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Geography

Lippetal is located north and south of the river Lippe between the cities of Lippstadt (15 km (9.3 mi)) and Hamm (10 km (6.2 mi)). 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.

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Windmill

Division of the municipality

There are eleven villages in Lippetal:

  • Brockhausen
  • Heintrop-Büninghausen
  • Herzfeld
  • Hultrop
  • Hovestadt
  • Krewinkel-Wiltrop

Neighbouring Places

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 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.

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References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 20 June 2022.


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