Free State of Lippe

Free State of Lippe Freistaat Lippe
State of Germany
← 1918–1947 →
Flag Coat of arms
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 November 1918
•	Incorporation into North Rhine-Westphalia	21 January 1947
Area
•	1939	1,215.2 km2 (469 sq mi)
Population
•	1939	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. This autonomy ended in January 1947, when the Control Commission for Germany - British Element (CCG/BE) incorporated Lippe into the new German state of North Rhine-Westphalia created three months earlier. The British established a number of military bases in North Rhine-Westphalia, of which Detmold (HQ and units of 20th Armoured Brigade) and Lemgo (infantry battalion barracks) were located within the former boundaries of the Free State of Lippe.

Map showing Lippe and Schaumberg-Lippe

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Coordinates: 51°56′10″N 8°52′41″E / 51.936182°N 8.877962°E / 51.936182; 8.877962