Free State of Lippe

Free State of Lippe Freistaat Lippe (German)
State of Germany
1918–1947
Flag Coat of arms
The Free State of Lippe (red) within the Weimar Republic
Free State of Lippe, 1918–1947
Capital	Detmold
Area
• 1925	1,215.2 km2 (469.2 sq mi)
Population
• 1925	163,648
Government
• Type	Republic
Chairman
• 1918–1920	Clemens Becker
• 1920–1933	Heinrich Drake
• 1933	Ernst Krappe
State President
• 1933–1936	Hans-Joachim Riecke
• 1936–1945	Alfred Meyer
• 1945–1947	Heinrich Drake
Historical era	Interwar period
• Established	12 November 1918
• Incorporation into North Rhine-Westphalia	21 January 1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Lippe North Rhine-Westphalia

The Free State of Lippe (German: Freistaat Lippe) was the successor state to the Principality of Lippe. It was established following the abdication of Prince Leopold IV on 15 November 1918 during the German revolution and was a state of Germany during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. After the end of the Second World War, the British occupation government abolished the state of Lippe in January 1947 and incorporated the area into the new German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.