LIPPE-SCHAUMBURG, a principality of N.W. Germany, comprised between Hanover, Lippe-Detmold, and Prussian Westphalia, and having an area of 207 square miles. The country is hilly, especially towards its southern extremity, but the northern portion is level. The Schaumburger Wald is a very large forest in the W. In the N. is the Steinhuder Meer, a small and shallow lake. There are no rivers in the country, except a few very small streams which flow into the Weser. Coals and lime are the mineral products, of the former of which the Blöckeberg contains some rich seams. The soil is remarkably productive, yielding turnips, potatoes, flax, rapeseed, corn, and pulse; and of live stock, sheep, horned cattle, pigs, and poultry are reared in great numbers. The manufactures consist principally of linens; and there is a considerable trade in the exportation of the natural products of the country. The government is a constitutional monarchy, and, as a member of the German confederation, it has one vote in the full diet; and, with Lippe-Detmold, &c., occupies the sixteenth place in the confederation. It furnishes 200 men to the federal army. Pop. (in 1855) 29,848.