Bielefeld – DEA41

EU regions: Germany > North Rhine-Westphalia > Detmold Government Region > Bielefeld

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2022	119

More on wikipedia wikidata Q2112 on OpenStreetMap Bielefeld slovensky: DEA41

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2024	331 519
population density	2023	1279.7
old-age dependency ratio	2024	30.8

From Wikipedia:

Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] (listen)) is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,730, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold.

The historical centre of the city is situated north of the Teutoburg Forest line of hills, but modern Bielefeld also incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hills.

Bielefeld is home to a significant number of internationally operating companies, including Dr. Oetker, Gildemeister and Schüco.

It has a university and several Fachhochschulen. Bielefeld is also famous for the Bethel Institution, and for the Bielefeld conspiracy, which satirises conspiracy theories by claiming that Bielefeld does not exist. This concept has been used in the town's marketing and alluded to by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

History

Founded in 1214 by Count Hermann IV of Ravensberg to guard a pass crossing the Teutoburg Forest, Bielefeld was the „city of linen" as a minor member of the Hanseatic League, known for bleachfields into the 19^th Century. Bielefeld was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia when it was created in 1807.

Other: Detmold Government Region, Bielefeld, Herford, Höxter, Lippe, Gütersloh, Minden-Lübbecke District, Paderborn

Neighbours: Lippe, Herford, Gütersloh

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Bielefeld – DEA41, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEA41, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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