Lippetal

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Lippetal
Municipality
St. Anna chapel in Nordwald
Coat of arms
Location of Lippetal within Soest district
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Coordinates: 51°39′N 08°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
• Total	126.58 km2 (48.87 sq mi)
Highest elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Lowest elevation	69 m (226 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,075
• Density	95/km2 (250/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.

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.

There are eleven villages in Lippetal:

• Ahlen
• Bad Sassendorf
• Beckum
• Hamm
• Lippstadt
• Soest
• Wadersloh

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.

• William Finnemann (1882-1942), priest of the Society of the Divine Word, auxiliary bishop of Manila and apostolic vicar of Calapan,
• Leon (* 1969 as Jürgen Göbel ) German percussionist
• Dirk Langerbein (* 1971) former football goalkeeper, now goalkeeper coach

• Official site (in German)

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