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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1072340, member: 39"]In this case it does make sense to refer to that principality as "Lippe-Detmold"; in the German Empire there was another one which was officially called Schaumburg-Lippe. Guess you'll come to that later ... Today, in the Federal Republic, Lippe is a county in the state of North Rhine Westphalia (NW) while Schaumburg-Lippe is a county in neighboring Lower Saxony. As for the German Empire being "formed under the creative ingenuity of Otto Von Bismarck", weeell, I'll try to not get deep into politics here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but others may see that differently. Bismarck's aim was to unite many German countries in an empire that was to be dominated by Prussia. So it was important for him to keep Austria out, for example. Germany was united "his way" as a result of the 1870/71 war against France, and Prussia did become the most influential state, until it was dissolved shortly after the end of WW2 in 1945. In case anybody wonders why the inscription says "Fürst zur Lippe" (usually one would expect "Fürst von Lippe"), the Lippe is a river in NW but not exactly close to the main territory of Lippe. However, the "House" of Lippe originally came from near that river. So the title means something like "Prince at/on the Lippe" instead of "Prince of Lippe" ... Christian[/QUOTE]