Bielefeld

English Etymology en :bor de:Bielefeld + 1 Proper noun ~ s en city s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany. en habitational German. Translations a city in Germany Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 比勒費爾德 Bǐlèfèi'ěrdé German: de Bielefeld n Greek: el Μπίλεφελντ n Low German: German Low German: nds-de Builefeld n Marathi: mr बीलेफेल्ट Russian: ru Би́лефельд m Bílefɛlʹd Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Bielefeld is the 38332nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Bielefeld is most common among White (95.67%) individuals. Further reading German de: Etymology de. There has been published a multitude about the etymology and it depends on whether early occurrences of resembling toponyms refer to this location, the oldest a Bylanuelde farmland conveyed to Corvey in the mid 9th century, next a Biliuelde in the Vita Meinwerci de from the 1160s relating occurrences between 1015 and 1036, then a 12th century Bylivelt; only in the 13th century the name of the town occurs clearly and oftener, following which the foundation year is conventionally reckoned the year 1214. A recent overview of the theories is given by Meineke 2013. The areal extent of the city to which the term refers derives from incorporations in 1900, 1907, 1930, and de Bielefeld-Gesetz 1973. Pronunciation de [ˈbiːləfɛlt] de De-Bielefeld.ogg de De-Bielefeld2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de independent city s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany de w:Reinhard Mey w:Keine ruhige Minute Dieter Malinek, Ulla und ich 1979 Der kannte das Bermuda-Dreieck, der kannte die halbe Welt / Ulla und ich war'n sechzehn und wir war'n schon mal bis Bielefeld Declension toponym Derived terms de Bielefelder de Bielefelderin References 38–48 2014 Rath Jochen 1214: Ersterwähnung Bielefelds als Stadt Stadtarchiv Bielefeld https://historischer-rueckklick-bielefeld.com/2014/01/01/01012014/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260905145334/https://historischer-rueckklick-bielefeld.com/2014/01/01/01012014/ 5 September 2026