Is there a flag image and/or category for the Principality of Lippe, which is now part of Nord Rhein Westphalen?

Question

I have several profiles where the person immigrated from Lippe-Detmold to the USA. I was hoping to add a migration sticker and perhaps a category to their profile. Lippe-Detmold was a principality in what is now Germany.

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https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/2/2d/ADWP-138.png

Feel free to use it anywhere.  It's 100% public domain because I just created it on my computer.

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Thank you for this!

Answer 1

Here is the category page for Emigrants from Germany, with subcategories for different areas: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Emigrants_from_Germany 

At the bottom of the page is a link to "request new category"

Proposed category name or topic= Lippe-Detmold 

WikiTree ID of a profile that belongs in the category:= one of your profiles. Then in the Explanation and Comments: section you can put your explanation and make note of what category it is under

If you are looking for stickers - try going to the upper right-hand corner and click Find, then Search. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your search term. There are different stickers for different migrant groups depending on when they migrated.

Here is the page on German Roots project that has more information:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:German_Roots

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I also have several ancestors from Lippe and also could not find the right category.  Here is one profile;

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kleinsorge-134

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In the 1800's, it was just Lippe, not Lippe -Detmold.  The German sources refer it as  Lippe, Germany although  it was not actually part of Germany until 1871 as I understand.  I have a naturalization certificate of a relative dated 1851 and it just refers to the country as "Lippe".  He was from the village of Istrup.

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Thank you! I have requested a category for Lippe to be added.

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It seems Lippe was amalgamated into Germany post WWII when the Allies were deciding what to do with the whole area.

Answer 2

I also have profiles of people from Lippe who immigrated together.  With all the border, government, and name changes, it is hard to determine the proper names of the places.

Answer 3

I think maybe the category should be just Lippe, Germany. Please see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_the_German_Empire

:)

Comments

Yes, the category is just Lippe, Germany

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Lippe-Detmold versus Lippe, Germany comment:  I have viewed over 100 Christening and Marriage records from 1700's to mid-1800's in researching my ancestors and the location is always shown as (village), Lippe, Germany.  None showed Lippe-Detmold. My understanding is that Lippe-Detmold was another division within the Principality of Lippe. As stated in WikiPedia, the Principality of Lippe came to an end on 12 November 1918 when it became a free state.  This is all very confusing and my recommendation as a location designation is just "Lippe, Germany".