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Clock Tower of the Meyer Lippinghausen Margarine Factory

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Hiddenhausen

Clock Tower of the Meyer Lippinghausen Margarine Factory

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Clock Tower of the Meyer Lippinghausen Margarine Factory

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Location: Hiddenhausen, Herford, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Konrad Böert

January 26, 2021

Nice clock tower. The clockwork of the clock tower was manufactured by the tower clock factory Korfhage & Sons from Melle-Buer.

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Ludger 🚴🌳🌲🍄🏞️🌅🔮

April 16, 2025

In front of the town hall in Lippinghausen stands a clock tower that doesn't quite fit in with the existing buildings. This tower was once the "landmark" of Lippinghausen, the last remaining structural element of the once famous Meyer-Lippinghausen margarine factory. The company's founder was Hermann Meyer, a versatile businessman. On his extensive business trips, he had learned about margarine production and recognized the importance of this artificially produced cooking fat in the future. In 1895, he began producing "the butter substitute" himself. In 1904, he achieved his breakthrough. At exhibitions in Paris, Brussels, and Antwerp, the margarine from Lippinghausen was awarded gold medals. From then on, the business boomed. The margarine factory on Bünder Straße was expanded year after year: in 1905, the "Kontorhaus" (office building) with its clock tower as a ridge turret was built; in 1906, the company received its own rail connection to the Herford narrow-gauge railway network; and in 1909, the two-story oil refinery building was expanded. The construction of the boiler house with the associated coal storage facility marked the completion of the construction work before the First World War.

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Location: Hiddenhausen, Herford, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Clock Tower of the Meyer Lippinghausen Margarine Factory

1. Werre Riverside Path – Werre River Cycle Path loop from Bünde (Westf)

2. Werre River Cycle Path – Werre Riverside Path loop from Bad Salzuflen

3. Copper Kettle at Herforder Park – View of the Werre River loop from Eilshausen

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