Editing Detmold (section)

==History==

===Iron Age===
About {{convert|3|mi|km|0|order=flip}} to the southwest of Detmold is the {{Interlanguage link|Grotenburg|de}} hill with a prehistoric [[circular rampart]] and the Hermann monument ({{langx|de|[[Hermannsdenkmal]]|link=no}}).<ref name=eb>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Detmold}}</ref> The monument commemorates the so-called [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]], a battle in 9 [[AD]] which may or may not have been fought close to the present location of Detmold. In this encounter, [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribe]]s led by Hermann ({{langx|la|[[Arminius]]|link=no}}) defeated [[Roman legion]]s under the command of [[Publius Quinctilius Varus]].<ref name=ac>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Detmold}}</ref>

===Middle Ages===
Detmold was first mentioned as ''Theotmalli'' in 783, the year of a battle between the [[Saxons]] and [[Charlemagne]]'s forces nearby.<ref name=eb/><ref name=ac/> This was an event in the [[Saxon Wars]]. In 1005 a '''Tietmelli''' or '''Theotmalli''' region (''Gau'') is referred to in documents.

In 1263, [[Bernard III of Lippe]] fortified the settlement at the crossing of the trade route from [[Paderborn]] to [[Lemgo]] over the [[Werre River]] with stone walls and granted it a municipal charter. Its population was reported in 1305 as 305. Market rights granted in 1265 led to rapid economic development. Its defenses were greatly strengthened after severe damage had been inflicted on the town during the conflict with [[Soest, Germany|Soest]] in 1447. A major fire in 1547 destroyed more than 70 houses.

{{stack|[[File:Detmold-Kupferstich-Merian.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Engraving of a view of the town of Detmold by [[Matthäus Merian]], 1647]]}}

In 1550, Detmold became the permanent residence of Count [[Simon III of Lippe]]. The counts were elevated to princes in 1789, and Detmold remained the capital of the small [[Principality of Lippe]] until the end of the [[World War I]] in 1918, when all princely states in Germany were abolished. Today, [[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]] is the owner of Detmold Castle.

===Modern era===
Street lighting was introduced in 1809, with oil-fired lanterns. By 1835, the town had become the most populous in Lippe, with over 4,000 residents. It grew to 12,000 in 1900 and over 30,000 in 1950.

From 1919 to 1947, Detmold was the capital of the [[Free State of Lippe]]. The ''{{ill|Lippische Landes-Zeitung|de}}'' started in 1878 and, in co-operation with other reginal papers,  is still published today. The competing ''{{ill|Lippische Tageszeitung|de}}'' was published in Detmold from 1896 until 1938. During the Nazi years (1933–1945), the {{ill|Lippische Staatszeitung|de}} was the official party and government publication. When Lippe was incorporated into the new German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the town became the seat of the Lippe district, and since 1972 it has been the seat of the district administration of Lippe. With the administrative reform of 1970, 25 nearby villages were incorporated into the city.

The former [[Hobart Barracks]] is nearby.