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Heepen
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German
de:
Etymology
de Unclear, with respect to the already at least early medieval age of the word, either reflecting de gem-pro *heupǭ rose-hip or with unorganic onset gem-pro *abjǭ declivity?.
thumb|right|de Einfahrt in den historischen Ortskern von Heepen aus de Baumheide|upright=1.15
Pronunciation
de [ˈheːpən] [ˈheːpm̩]
Proper noun
toponym
de neighbourhood district/Heepen city/Bielefeld former municipality in district/Bielefeld state/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany
Usage notes
In the general register it virtually always means the area of the former municipality, though it has only cultural but not formal administrative significance anymore, rather than the city district named after it due to the thereunto municipality being the namesake of the preceding municipality administration collective Amt Heepen de.
Declension
toponym
References
116–118