{{Short description|Former French department (1811–1814)}} [[File:Lippe departement (1812).svg|thumb|Location of Lippe in France (1812)]] '''Lippe''' ({{IPA|fr|lip|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Lippe.wav}}) was a [[departments of France|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in present-day [[Germany]]. It was named after the river [[Lippe (river)|Lippe]]. It was formed in 1811, when [[Principality of Salm]] and a part of the [[Berg (German region)|Grand Duchy of Berg]] was annexed by France. Its territory is now part of the German lands of [[Lower Saxony]] and [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. Its capital was [[Münster]].
The department was subdivided into the following [[arrondissement]]s and [[canton (administrative division)|cantons]] (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f415.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 419-420, accessed in [[Gallica]] 25 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* [[Münster]], cantons: [[Dülmen]], [[Haltern]], [[Münster]], [[Nottuln]] and [[Münster|Sankt Mauritz]]. * [[Neuenhaus]], cantons: [[Bad Bentheim]], [[Heede, Lower Saxony|Heede]], [[Neuenhaus]], [[Nordhorn]] and [[Haren, Germany|Wesuwe]]. * [[Rees, Germany|Rees]], cantons: [[Bocholt, Germany|Bocholt]], [[Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia|Borken]], [[Emmerich am Rhein|Emmerich]], [[Rees, Germany|Rees]], [[Hamminkeln|Ringenberg]] and [[Stadtlohn]]. * [[Steinfurt]], cantons: [[Ahaus]], [[Billerbeck]], [[Coesfeld]], [[Ochtrup]], [[Rheine]] and [[Steinfurt]].
Its population in 1812 was 339,355.<ref name=Gallica/>
In the months before the Lippe department was formed, the arrondissements of Rees and Münster were part of [[Yssel-Supérieur]], the arrondissement of Steinfurt was part of [[Bouches-de-l'Yssel]] and the arrondissement of Neuenhaus was part of [[Ems-Occidental]]. After [[Napoleon]] was defeated in 1814, the department was divided between the [[Kingdom of Hanover]] and [[Prussia]].
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