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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Germany, See also:capital of the principality of See also:Lippe-Detmold, beautifully situated on the See also:east slope of the Teutoburger Wald, 25 M. S. of See also:Minden, on the See also:Herford-Altenbeken See also:line of the Prussian See also:state See also:railways. Pop. (1905) 13,164. The residential See also:chateau of the princes of Lippe-Detmold (1550), in the See also:Renaissance See also:style, is an imposing See also:building, lying with its See also:pretty gardens nearly in the centre of the town; whilst at the entrance to the large See also:park on the See also:south is the New See also:Palace (1708–1718), enlarged in 185o, used as the See also:dower-See also:house. Detmold possesses a natural See also:history museum See also:theatre, high school, library, the house in which the poet See also:Ferdinand See also:Freiligrath (1810–1876) was See also:born, and that in which the dramatist See also:Christian See also:Dietrich See also:Grabbe (18o1–1836), also a native, died. The leading See also:industries are See also:linen-See also:weaving, tanning, See also:brewing, See also:horse-dealing and the See also:quarrying of See also:marble and See also:gypsum. About 3 M. to the south-See also:west of the town is the Grotenburg, with See also:Ernst von Balidel's See also:colossal statue of See also:Hermann or See also:Arminius, the See also:leader of the See also:Cherusci. Detmold (Thiatmelli) was in 783 the See also:scene of a conflict between the See also:Saxons and the troops of See also:Charlemagne.

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