Statistics State:North Rhine-Westphalia Capital:Detmold Area:6,518.14 km² Inhabitants:2,065,707 (2002) pop. density:317 inh./km² Map

Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 73,000. It was the capital of the small principality of Lippe until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of the district (Kreis) Lippe.