Lippetal

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Lippetal
St. Anna chapel in Nordwald
St. Anna chapel in Nordwald
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lippetal
Lippetal (Germany)
Lippetal
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Soest
Mayor Erhard Susewind (CDU)
Governing party CDU
Basic statistics
Area 126.58 km² (48.9 sq mi)
Elevation 69-155 m
Population 12,873  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 102 /km² (263 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SO
Postal code 59510
Area codes 02923 (Herzfeld)
02527 (Lippborg)
Website www.lippetal.de

Coordinates: 51°38′59″N 08°04′59″E / 51.64972, 8.08306

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

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[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Division of the municipality

There are eleven villages in Lippetal:

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

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[edit] 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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