Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

🇩🇪 Lippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 km east of Dortmund, 40 km south of Bielefeld and 30 km west of Paderborn.

History Lippstadt was founded in 1168 by Bernhard II zur Lippe. In the early 13th century Lippstadt, with a population of 2700, had four parish churches. There was an Augustinian abbey which had existed since 1281.

Geography Lippstadt is situated in the Lippe valley, roughly 70 km east of Dortmund and roughly 30 km west of Paderborn. The historic town centre is situated between several branches of the river Lippe.

Neighbouring municipalities • Bad Sassendorf • Delbrück • Erwitte • Geseke • Langenberg • Lippetal • Rietberg • Salzkotten • Wadersloh.

Division of the town Lippstadt consists of 18 districts: • Lippstadt • Bad Waldliesborn • Benninghausen • Bökenförde • Cappel • Dedinghausen • Eickelborn • Esbeck • Garfeln • Hellinghausen • Herringhausen • Hörste • Lipperbruch • Lipperode • Lohe • Overhagen • Rebbeke • Rixbeck.

Economy Lippstadt serves as headquarters of international automotive supplier's Hella and HBPO Group. It is also home to a factory of large-diameter antifriction bearings, seamless-rolled rings manufacturer Rothe Erde.

Road Transport The important road to get to Lippstadt is the Bundesstraße 55. This street goes from north to south of the city. At north, Lippstadt connects with Rheda-Wiedenbrück and the Autobahn 2 (Dortmund-Hannover). Southwards it connects with the Bundesstraße 1 and the Autobahn 44 (Dortmund-Kassel) by passing through the town of Erwitte.

Rail Transport The Lippstadt train station (Bahnhof Lippstadt) lies on the Hamm-Warburg railway. It has a railway service with ICE, IC and region train. Passengers can change direction with Kassel, Dresden, München and Düsseldorf networks.

• RE 1,Nordrhein-Westfalen-Express, comes from Parderborn through Ruhrgebiet region and Düsseldorf, and it also passes Cologne and end up at Aachen station. • RB 89,Ems-Börde-Bahn, takes only 30 minutes to Hamm-Münster BUS The bus system in Lippstadt is provided by Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe (RLG). The system consists of 3 major types of bus networks. City-Bus Networks

The city-bus networks in Lippstadt consist of five lines (C1-C5). The bus lines start every 30 minutes from Bustreff am Bahnhof and travel via five different routes to different destinations. • C1: From Bustreff am Bahnhof to Wohnpark Süd - Landsberger Rd • C2: From Bustreff am Bahnhof to Pappelallee - Landsberger Rd. • C3 : From Bustreff am Bahnhof to Cappel • C4 : From Bustreff am Bahnhof to Lipperbruch • C5 : From Bustreff am Bahnhof to Lipperode

The City-Bus Network does not provide coverage in some areas. However, passengers can use Region-Bus Networks instant. Region-Bus Networks, a bus network providing transportation between cities, has individual timetables and destinations. The regular service Region-buses (S60, R61-64, R66, R73, 70 and 80.1) covers Beakum, Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Rietberg. In addition, there is the Schnellbus from Lippstadt passing through Erwitte to Warstein every hour.

On the weekend, there are a few buses in the evening so passengers have to use Nachtbusse or Anrufsammeltaxis which passengers have to call before travelling.

Airport The nearest airport from Lippstadt is Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport. The airport is located in Büren-Ahden. They do not have direct public transport from Lippstadt to the airport. However, passengers can catch the RE1 train to Paderborn Hbf and then go to the terminal by Schnellbus S60 from Paderborn Hbf.