Lippstadt, a town of Prussia, on the river Lippe, 30 miles E. by N. from Dortmund. It has manufactures of spirits, beer, cigars, brushes, ropes, iron, &c. Founded in 1168, it was captured by the Spaniards in 1620, and by the French in 1757. Pop. 11,504.
Lippstadt
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 648
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