Bielefeld
Bielefeld | |
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 Old Townhall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Districts of Bielefeld  | |
  Bielefeld  Bielefeld | |
| Coordinates: 52°1′N 8°32′E / 52.017°N 8.533°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Urban district |
| Founded | 1214 |
| Subdivisions | 10 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–30) | Christiana Bauer[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 257.8 km2 (99.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 118 m (387 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 331,519 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 33501-33739 |
| Dialling codes | 0521, 05202-05209 |
| Vehicle registration | BI |
| Website | www |
Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] (
listen); Low German: Builefeld) is a city in northwest Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bielefeld has about 327,000 people living there. It has a university.
Twin towns – sister cities
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Concarneau, France
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Estelí, Nicaragua
Nahariya, Israel
Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
Rzeszów, Poland
Veliky Novgorod, Russia
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2025, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Städtepartnerschaften". bielefeld.de (in German). Bielefeld. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
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Media related to Bielefeld at Wikimedia Commons
| Urban districts | Aachen • Bielefeld • Bochum • Bonn • Bottrop • Dortmund • Duisburg • Düsseldorf • Essen • Gelsenkirchen • Hagen • Hamm • Herne • Köln (Cologne) • Krefeld • Leverkusen • Mönchengladbach • Mülheim • Münster • Oberhausen • Remscheid • Solingen • Wuppertal |  |
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| Rural Districts | Aachen • Borken • Coesfeld • Düren • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis • Euskirchen • Gütersloh • Heinsberg • Herford • Hochsauerland • Höxter • Kleve • Lippe • Märkischer Kreis • Mettmann • Minden-Lübbecke • Oberbergischer Kreis • Olpe • Paderborn • Recklinghausen • Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Rhein-Erft-Kreis • Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Rhein-Sieg-Kreis • Siegen-Wittgenstein • Soest • Steinfurt • Unna • Viersen • Warendorf • Wesel | |
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