Ort in Nordrhein-Westfalen - Koln, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn, Monchengladbach, Bielefeld, Bochum, Duisburg, Solingen, Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen (German, Paperback)

Dieser Inhalt ist eine Zusammensetzung von Artikeln aus der frei verfugbaren Wikipedia-Enzyklopadie. Seiten: 885. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Koln, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn, Monchengladbach, Bielefeld, Bochum, Duisburg, Solingen, Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen, Leverkusen, Remscheid, Hamm, Hagen, Bottrop, Munster, Krefeld, Mulheim an Der Ruhr, Essen, Herne. Auszug: Bielefeld (German pronunciation: ) is an independent city that is the largest city of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region. The city is situated below a pass separating the Northern and Southern Teutoburg Forest. The centre of Bielefeld is situated on the eastern side of the Teutoburg Forest, but the modern city incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hilltops. Neustadter Marienkirche. Bielefeld about 1895 Old Market Place (Alter Markt) Founded in 1214 by Count Hermann IV of Ravensberg to guard a pass crossing the Teutoburg Forest, Bielefeld was the "city of linen" as a minor member of the Hanseatic League. After the Cologne-Minden railway opened in 1849, the Bozi brothers constructed the first large mechanised spinning mill in 1851. The Ravensberg Spinning Mill was built from 1854 to 1857, and metal works began to open in the 1860s. Between 1904 and 1930, Bielefeld grew, opening a railway station, a municipal theatre, and finally, the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle concert hall, famous for its excellent acoustics. The Durkopp car was produced 1898-1927. After printing emergency money (German: ) in 1923 during the inflation in the Weimar Republic, Bielefeld was one of several towns that printed very attractive and highly collectable banknotes with designs on silk, linen and velvet. These pieces were issued by the Bielefeld Stadtsparkasse (town saving's bank) and were sent all around the world in the early 1920's. These pieces are known as 'stoffgeld' - that is, money made from material. Many examples can be found on the http: //www.notgeld.com website, where a new catalogue listing all the variants of differe...