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It was incorporated in 1947 into the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . Detmold, the former capital, was the chief city. Originally included in the duchy of Saxony, Lippe became (12th cent.) a lordship under Bernhard I (1113-44). In 1529 it was raised to a county; from the various divisions of the county after the death (1613) of Simon VI, two counties emergedÑLippe, or Lippe-Detmold, and Schaumburg-Lippe .
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