Burg Lippspringe

In 1312 the castle was first mentioned as being owned by the Paderborn cathedral chapter. The castle served to create an alternative residence for the cathedral chapter of the increasingly assertive city of Paderborn and to protect their estates concentrated in the Lippspringe area. The castle fief was given to changing noble families, but preferably to the lords of Westphalia.

In 1350 it was conquered and burned down by Count Otto von Waldeck. Then the office building, which is now a ruin, was built. Due to its strategic importance, it was besieged several times during the feuds of the early 15th century and was almost completely destroyed in 1414. In 1482 the castle was refortified again. In the Thirty Years' War it was badly damaged again, in the end the castle chapel was destroyed and the castle was in a very bad condition.

From 1660 it was no longer granted as a fief. After the Seven Years' War, the castle was just a ruin. The bailey was rebuilt in the 1760s. A bailiff resided in the office building until 1785, when his roof was torn off and the interior was destroyed. After secularization, the castle became a Prussian state domain in 1803. In 1816, the ruins were publicly auctioned and demolished by their new owner, with the exception of the office building; the moats were also filled in. 1906

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