Embedded in the beautiful Westphalian landscape, Eickelborn is located in the far west of the city of Lippstadt on the southern bank of the river Lippe. The history of the village goes back to the year 1262 and begins with the manor of the Lords of Ekeneberne. The LWL Lippstadt Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, which is located there, is an institution of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) and part of the LWL health care facilities in the Soest district. It provides the complete range of psychiatric services at the Lippstadt site.