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Bielefeld

American  
[bee-luh-felt] / ˈbi ləˌfɛlt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Germany.


Bielefeld British  
/ ˈbiːləfɛlt /

noun

  1. a city in Germany, in NE North Rhine-Westphalia: food, textiles. Pop: 328 452 (2003 est)

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Additionally, 38.1% of respondents said it was time to “close the book on the era of National Socialism,” according to a study published last year by Bielefeld University.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“There is no such thing as foreigners transferring wealth to the U.S. in the form of tariffs,” said Julian Hinz, an economics professor at Germany’s Bielefeld University who co-authored the study.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

To solve this problem, Gurian and his co-author Simon May, a former Perimeter postdoctoral researcher now serving as an ERC Preparative Fellow at Bielefeld University, developed a new code called KISS-SIDM.

From Science Daily Jan. 19, 2026

On 24 May, he scored in the German Cup final as Stuttgart beat Arminia Bielefeld to win his first trophy.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2025

Bielefeld is the centre of the Westphalian linen industry.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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