Bad Lippspringe

Bad Lippspringe
Bad Lippspringe
Town
	Town hall of Bad Lippspringe
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bad Lippspringe within Paderborn district
	Location of Bad Lippspringe
	Bad Lippspringe Bad Lippspringe
	Coordinates: 51°47′00″N 8°49′00″E / 51.78333°N 8.81667°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
Government
• Mayor (2025–30)	Ulrich Lange (CDU)
Area
• Total	51.01 km2 (19.70 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population (2024-12-31)
• Total	17,252
• Density	338.2/km2 (876.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33175
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	PB
Website	www.bad-lippspringe.de

Bad Lippspringe (German: [baːt lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald,^[2] approximately 10 km (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.^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Bad Lippspringe (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	5.5 (41.9)	9.4 (48.9)	14.3 (57.7)	18.2 (64.8)	21.3 (70.3)	23.6 (74.5)	23.3 (73.9)	19.0 (66.2)	13.9 (57.0)	8.7 (47.7)	5.4 (41.7)	13.9 (57.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.1 (35.8)	2.5 (36.5)	5.4 (41.7)	9.4 (48.9)	13.2 (55.8)	16.2 (61.2)	18.2 (64.8)	18.1 (64.6)	14.3 (57.7)	10.2 (50.4)	6.0 (42.8)	3.0 (37.4)	9.9 (49.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.6 (30.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	1.5 (34.7)	4.2 (39.6)	7.8 (46.0)	10.7 (51.3)	13.1 (55.6)	13.1 (55.6)	10.0 (50.0)	6.7 (44.1)	3.3 (37.9)	0.5 (32.9)	5.8 (42.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	87.6 (3.45)	64.0 (2.52)	64.8 (2.55)	53.0 (2.09)	64.4 (2.54)	70.8 (2.79)	90.2 (3.55)	85.7 (3.37)	77.0 (3.03)	76.6 (3.02)	79.6 (3.13)	88.6 (3.49)	902.5 (35.53)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	19.0	16.8	16.5	13.6	14.7	15.5	15.9	15.7	15.1	16.8	18.3	20.4	198.4
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm)	6.0	6.7	2.0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4.2	20.1
Average relative humidity (%)	83.9	81.2	76.6	70.2	70.7	72.1	71.7	72.3	78.0	81.9	85.1	85.5	77.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours	52.3	69.4	117.4	166.5	192.5	191.5	198.2	187.4	141.3	102.6	51.3	41.6	1,512.7
Source: World Meteorological Organization^[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.^[2]

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.^[2]
In 1915 the town's shooting range was converted into a lazaret to treat prisoners from Senne camp (Sennelager) 9 km to the west.^[5]

Politics

The current mayor is Ulrich Lange of the CDU who has been serving as mayor since 2020. In the 2025 elections he was reelected with 65,4 % of the vote.^[6]

City council

After the 2025 local elections, the Bad Lippspringe city council is composed as follows:


Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	2,864	42.2	1.0	16	1
	Free Voters' Association Bad Lippspringe (FWG)	1,167	17.2	3.5	7	1
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	968	14.3	9.0	5	5
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	688	10.1	8.9	4	2
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	661	9.7	8.5	4	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	244	3.6	1.6	1	1
	Association Social Bad Lippspringe (BSB)	199	2.9	New	1	New
Valid votes		6,791	99.0
Invalid votes		72	1.0
Total		6,863	100.0		38	±0
Electorate/voter turnout		13,150	52.2
Source: City of Bad Lippspringe

Sports

The local football team is BV Bad Lippspringe, which Antonio Di Salvo started his career with, after being born nearby.

Bad Lippspringe was home to RAPA (Rhine Army Parachute Association), a British Army Parachute and Skydiving Dropzone. It was formed in 1964 and later closed in 2018 after 54 years.

Notable people

Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813–1894), German epic poet, fountain doctor in Lippspringe
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

Gallery

Arminiusquelle with Lippequelle in the foreground
Friedrich Wilhelm Weber

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
1 2 3
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lippspringe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 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).
↑ "The Spring of the River Lippe". Paderborner Land. Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land e. V. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
↑ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
↑ Documents de Guerre 1914-1915, reports on visits to prison camps in England, France and Germany. March 1915. ICRC Geneva, Librairie Georg & Cie. p68. accessed online in May 2016.
↑ "Ergebnis". wahlen.regioit.de (in German). 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-03-14.

External links

Official site (in German)
Bad Lippspringe Notgeld (Emergency banknotes from the town of Lippspringe) http://webgerman.com/Notgeld/Directory/L/Lippspringe1.htm One note shows the baptism of the Saxons in 776 after submitting to Charlemagne (Die Sachsentaufe).

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.

[Chisholm-2] 1 2 3 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lippspringe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 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).

[mw2g] Dammann, Der Kurort Lippspringe (Paderborn, 1900);

[mw3A] Koniger, Lippspringe (Berlin, 1893); and

[mw3g] Frey, Lippspringe, Kurort für Lungenkranke (Paderborn, 1899).

[3] "The Spring of the River Lippe". Paderborner Land. Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land e. V. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[WMO-4] "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[5] Documents de Guerre 1914-1915, reports on visits to prison camps in England, France and Germany. March 1915. ICRC Geneva, Librairie Georg & Cie. p68. accessed online in May 2016.

[6] "Ergebnis". wahlen.regioit.de (in German). 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-03-14.

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