The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Detmold

DETMOLD, a city of Germany, capital of the principality of Lippe-Detmold, on the right bank of the river Werre, 46 m. S. W. of Hanover; pop. in 1871, 6,469. The old portion of the town is very poorly built; the new is regularly laid out and well built. It is surrounded by a wall pierced by three gates, and contains a fine palace of ancient date. It has a gymnasium, a normal school, a female high school, a large public library, and one of the best poorhouses in Germany. The manufactures are chiefly of leather, woollens, linen, and beer; and there are marble and gypsum quarries. Near the town was fought the battle in which Arminius destroyed the Roman army under Varus, A. D. 9; and also a battle between Charlemagne and the Saxons in 783. The former is commemorated by a copper statue 45 ft. high on a pedestal of solid sandstone 90 ft. high, erected by the German princes in 1838.