Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Lage is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia ( German : Nordrhein-Westfalen ) , Germany , approximatively 8 km northwest of Detmold .
Simplified: Lage is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , approximatively 8 km northwest of Detmold .