LIPPE, the capital of a county of the same name in the
Lippe-Detmold. circle of Westphalia, in Germany. It is situated on a river of the same name, and was formerly the residence of the principal branch of the house of Lippe. It is now in the possession of the king of Prussia, and carries on a good trade in preparing timber for building vessels on the Rhine, with which it has a communication by the river Lippe. The country round it is unwholesome and marshy. Long. 8. 12. E. Lat. 51. 43. N.