Free State of Lippe

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Freistaat Lippe
Free State of Lippe
State of Germany

1918 — 1947
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lippe
Lippe, within Germany at the time of the Weimar Republic
Capital Detmold
Government Republic
Chairman
 - 1918-1920 Clemens Becker
 - 1920-1933 Heinrich Drake
 - 1933 Ernst Krappe
Minister-President
 - 1933-1936 Hans Joachim Riecke
 - 1936-1945 Alfred Meyer
 - 1945-1947 Heinrich Drake
Historical era Interwar period
 - Established 9 November1918
 - Incorporation into NRW 21 January1947
Area
 - 1939 1,215.2 km2
469 sq mi
Population
 - 1939 est. 188,598 
     Density 155.2 /km² 
402 /sq mi

The Free State of Lippe (German: Freistaat Lippe) was a German state formed after the Principality of Lippe was abolished following the German Revolution of 1918.

After the end of World War II, Lippe was restored from Nazi rule. But its independence was short-lived, with the occupying British forces incorporating Lippe into the new German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in January 1947 (NRW being established some 3 months previously).

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