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Detmold
The princely castle.
Detmold
Location of the town of Detmold within Lippe district
Coordinates	51°56′N 8°53′E / 51.93333°N 8.88333°E / 51.93333; 8.88333Coordinates: 51°56′N 8°53′E / 51.93333°N 8.88333°E / 51.93333; 8.88333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Town subdivisions	26
Mayor	Rainer Heller (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	129.39 km2 (49.96 sq mi)
Elevation	134 m  (440 ft)
Population	72,758 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	562 /km2 (1,456 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LIP
Postal codes	32701–32760
Area codes	05231/05232
Website	www.detmold.de

Detmold (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛtmɔlt]) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of the district of Lippe and of Regierungsbezirk Detmold.

History[link]

Middle Ages[link]

Detmold was first mentioned in 783 as Theotmalli, and 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 in 1447. A major fire in 1547 destroyed more than 70 houses.

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 First World War in 1918, when all princely states in Germany were abolished.

Modern era[link]

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. 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 is the seat of the county administration of Lippe. With the administrative reform of 1970, 25 nearby villages were incorporated into the city.

Main sights[link]

Hiddeser Bent, moor near Donoper Teich

• Hochschule für Musik Detmold (Music Academy of Detmold)
• Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences)
• Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum Detmold (Westphalian Open Air Museum)
• Lippisches Landesmuseum (Museum)
• Landestheater Detmold (Theater)
• Hermannsdenkmal (Arminius Monument)
• Adlerwarte Berlebeck (Falcon
• Fürstliches Residenzschloß, a Renaissance castle in the center of the town park.
• Donoper Teich (pond)
• Hasselbachteich (pond)
• Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen (bird sanctuary)

Building on the Campus Detmold of the Hochschule OWL (2010)

Market and town hall.

Culture[link]

The town supports the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie for regular symphony concerts.

Twin towns — sister cities[link]

Detmold is twinned with:

• Hasselt, Belgium
• Saint-Omer, France
• Savonlinna, Finland
• Zeitz, Germany
• Kalithea, Greece

Personalities[link]

Ferdinand Freiligrath

Well-known personalities born in Detmold include:

• Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) poet and author
• Georg Weerth (1822–1856)
• Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836), alongside Georg Büchner the most important innovator of German-language drama in his time
• Joseph Plaut (1879–1966), actor, spieler, elocutionist, singer and regional poet
• Hans Ottomeyer (b 1946), art historian, for 11 years curator of the German Historical Museum in Berlin
• Iris Berben (b 1950), actress
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier (b 1956), former foreign minister and chancellor candidate for the SPD
• Andreas Voßkuhle (b 1963), president of the Bundesverfassungsgericht
• Manfred Ostermann (1958–), German local politician (independent) and currently (2010) Landrat for Soltau-Fallingbostel

Important people who lived and worked in Detmold for a long time include:

• Albert Lortzing (1801–1851), composer
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer
• Heinrich Drake (1881–1970), politician
• Felix Fechenbach (1894–1933), government president of the resistance fighters
• Thomas Quasthoff (b 1959), bass-baritone

Amongst the honorary citizens of Detmold, besides politicians are scientists and artists who have served in Detmold. The best-known are the builder of the Hermannsdenkmal, Ernst von Bandel (1871), Reich Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (1895), and Reich President, Paul von Hindenburg (1917).

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Detmold

• http://www.stadtdetmold.de/2586.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=2
• Official website

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International Marimba Soloist, Nancy Zeltsman (b.1958) has taught at the Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music since 1993.

Biography[link]

Zeltsman was born in 1958 in Morristown, New Jersey

In 1976, Zeltsman studied with Vic Firth at New England Conservatory of Music. Following her sophomore year (1978), she was a percussion fellow at Tanglewood. She took a sabbatical and returned to NEC in 1980 to continue her studies, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (percussion performance) in 1982. She then studied jazz improvisation with Dave Samuels for several years.

She performed in a duo with violinist Sharan Leventhal in the mid 1980s through to the mid 1990s, and another duo with Janis Potter after the former duo dissolved. She occasionally performs with Jack Van Geem, and a recording she made with him was released in 1994.

In 1993, she was offered a Chair at the Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music, where she teaches the marimba exclusively.

Zeltsman also directs the Zeltsman Marimba Festival (ZMF), an annual traveling festival that brings together students and faculty for two weeks of concerts, masterclasses, lessons, and lectures. ZMF commissioned 24 Intermediate compositions for the marimba, ewelve were be written by internationally renowned composers including Gunther Schuller, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Paul Simon. The other twelve were be chosen from entries in an international composition contest. All works were performed at ZMF 2009 in Appleton, WI.^[1]

Recorded works[link]

[edit] "Marimolin" (Marimba/Violin duo with Sharan Leventhal)

• Marimolin (1988),
• Phantasmata (1995, GM Recordings)
• Combo Platter (1994, Catalyst/BMG)

with Jack Van Geem[link]

• Pedro and Olga Learn to Dance (July 2004)

solo[link]

• Woodcuts (1993, GM Recordings)
• See Ya Thursday (1999, Equilibrium)
• Sweet Song (June 2005, )

Published works[link]

• Four Mallet Marimba Playing: A Musical Approach for All Levels (2003 Hal Leonard Corporation) ISBN 0-634-03426-X.

Contributor to Percussive Notes magazine; Associate Editor of keyboard articles from 1999 through 2001.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Boston Conservatory
• Official website
• ZMF New Music
• Zeltsman Marimba Festival

Heinrich Drake (December 20, 1881 – June 12, 1970) was a German politician (SPD). He was Minister-President of the Free State of Lippe from 1920-1933 and again from 1945-1947, until Lippe was incorporated into the new state of North Rhine-Westphalia. For a short period in 1945/46, he also served as Minister-President of the neighbouring state of Schaumburg-Lippe, which later became part of Lower Saxony. He was born in Lemgo and died in Detmold.

External links[link]

• Westfälische Geschichte: Biography – Heinrich Drake (German)

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