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Lemgo is a city in the Lippe
Lippe

This article is about the district Lippe. For the like-named river see Lippe River. For the historic country see Principality of LippeLippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
 district of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, with a population of c. 42,000.

It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League
Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an Military alliance of Trade cities and their guilds that established and maintained trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and inland, during the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period ....
, a medieval trading association of free cities in several northern European countries such as The Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

1947 until 1993, Lemgo hosted successive infantry battalions of the British Army, the last one being 2 R IRISH.

The battalions were based in Stornoway Barracks, known to the locals as Spiegelberg Kaserne.






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Lemgo is a city in the Lippe
Lippe

This article is about the district Lippe. For the like-named river see Lippe River. For the historic country see Principality of LippeLippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
 district of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, with a population of c. 42,000.

It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League
Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an Military alliance of Trade cities and their guilds that established and maintained trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and inland, during the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period ....
, a medieval trading association of free cities in several northern European countries such as The Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

British Army

From 1947 until 1993, Lemgo hosted successive infantry battalions of the British Army, the last one being 2 R IRISH.

The battalions were based in Stornoway Barracks, known to the locals as Spiegelberg Kaserne. The base was previously the location of a Displaced persons camp
Displaced persons camp

A displaced persons camp is in principle any temporary facility for displaced persons. In recent times Displaced Persons Camps have existed in many parts of the world for many kinds of people, including for people in the Darfur region of the Sudan, for Palestinians in Lebanon and Jordan, and for Afghan refugees in Pakistan....
 and before that a Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe ....
 artillery unit.

Twin towns

  • Beverley
    Beverley

    Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....


Twin school

Hörstmar County Primary School in Lemgo has a twin school in Holme on Spalding Moor since 1989.

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