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Bielefeld, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies on the northern edge of the hilly Teutoburg Forest. First mentioned as Bilifelde in the biography of Bishop Meinwerk of Paderborn between 1015 and 1036, the old town was probably founded and chartered in 1214 by Count Hermann of Ravensberg; the “new town” arose from a religious settlement around the Neustädter Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church, still standing) during the late 13th century. It joined the…

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