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BIELEFELD , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, 68 m. S.W. from See also:Hanover on the See also:main See also:line to See also:Cologne. Pop. (1885) 34,931; (1905) 71,797• It is situated at the See also:foot of the Teutoburger Wald, and consists of two portions, separated by the See also:river Lutter, which were first See also:united into one town in 1520. Among its public buildings and institutions are the old town See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, with a curious carved See also:altar-piece, the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the gymnasium and the provincial See also:industrial school. On the height above the town is the old See also:castle of Sparenburg, built in the 12th See also:century by Bernhard, See also:count of See also:Lippe. It was for a See also:long See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time employed as a See also:prison, but was restored after its destruction by See also:fire in 1877 and now contains a See also:historical museum. Bielefeld is the centre of the Westphalian See also:linen See also:industry. It has also important See also:plush, See also:silk and See also:hosiery manufactures, as well as extensive See also:bleaching See also:works, and does a very large export See also:trade to all parts of the See also:world in these branches. Engines, automobiles, biscuits, See also:glass, pianos, See also:furniture and See also:paper are also manufactured.
Bielefeld is mentioned as See also:early as the 9th century, as Belanvelde, but its first recorded mention as a town is in 1233. It belonged at this time to the See also:counts of Ravensberg, who often resided in the Sparenburg. It joined the Hanseatic See also:league in 1270, and about the same time began to engage in the linen manufacture, which was greatly extended during the 16th and 17th centuries by a number of refugees from the See also:Netherlands. In 1347 the town passed with the countship of Ravensberg to the duchy of Jiilich, and in 1666 to that of See also:Brandenburg.
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