Welcome to historical Lippstadt!

The articles on this website are mostly my own summaries from various books, newspapers and other sources on regional history. You are cordially invited to contribute your own photos and stories or to submit suggestions for improvement.

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• Second-hand books about Lippstadt can be found, for example, at "Schwarzmarkt" on Lipperoder Straße or at ↗Zweithelfer Bookshop (association) on Fleischhauerstraße.

• The Heimatbund Lippstadt e.V. has been publishing since the 1980s the series "Lippstädter Spuren" on selected historical topics, which are available at the ↗Town Museum, ↗Town Archive and by post from ↗Heimatbund.

• The "Heimatblätter" published in the daily newspaper are available as collected yearbooks at the ↗publishing offices. Furthermore, the regular supplement ↗"Blicker" often deals with historical memories.

• Available to order online: ↗Books about historic Lippstadt as new publications as well as reprints of old books.

• Tourists can find ↗downloadable brochures on the town's website. A compact ↗town guide (booklet) has been available since 2015 at the ↗Tourist Information.

Do you have an association history or company history that you would like to publish in excerpts or contribute as an addition here? We want to explain the social and economic development of the region using concrete data or examples.

Do you have beautiful or interesting photos from the town or surrounding area that you could make available to us? Using images, we can convey details and the history of the place.

As a private website, we have no means to pay remuneration, but of course we can mention your name and possibly also provide a link.

With submitted photos, it is important that you yourself are the photographer or that permission from a person you know personally is available or that you are the heir of the creator.

What was it like in the past? To illustrate the differences between past and present, private memories could also be of interest for this site. This includes biographies, histories, experiences and anecdotes. Do you also have something that you would like to share and contribute here?

"Home is where a memory lurks around every corner."