Lippe (department)

thumb|Location of Lippe in France (1812)

Lippe () was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was named after the river Lippe. It was formed in 1811, when Principality of Salm and a part of the Grand Duchy of Berg was annexed by France. Its territory is now part of the German lands of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Münster.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

• Münster, cantons: Dülmen, Haltern, Münster, Nottuln and Sankt Mauritz.
• Neuenhaus, cantons: Bad Bentheim, Heede, Neuenhaus, Nordhorn and Wesuwe.
• Rees, cantons: Bocholt, Borken, Emmerich, Rees, Ringenberg and Stadtlohn.
• Steinfurt, cantons: Ahaus, Billerbeck, Coesfeld, Ochtrup, Rheine and Steinfurt.

Its population in 1812 was 339,355.