DETMOLD

detmold, a town of germany, capital of the principality of lippe-detmold, beautifully situated on the east slope of the teutoburger wald, 25 m. s. of minden, on the herford-altenbeken line of the prussian state railways. pop. (1905) 13,164. the residential chateau of the princes of lippe-detmold (1550), in the renaissance style, is an imposing building, lying with its pretty gardens nearly in the centre of the town; whilst at the entrance to the large park on the south is the new palace (1708-1718), enlarged in 1850, used as the dower-house. detmold possesses a natural history museum, theatre, high school, library, the house in which the poet ferdinand freiligrath (1810-1876) was born, and that in which the dramatist christian dietrich grabbe (1801-1836), also a native, died. the leading industries are linen-weaving, tanning, brewing, horse-dealing and the quarrying of marble and gypsum. about 3 m. to the south-west of the town is the grotenburg, with ernst von bandel's colossal statue of hermann or arminius, the leader of the cherusci. detmold (thiatmelli) was in 783 the scene of a conflict between the saxons and the troops of charlemagne.