🚶‍♂️Walking in Bielefeld-Germany-end of october 2022❌Downtown❌Churches❌Castle

Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755 it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Detmold and the 18th largest city in Germany.
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, known for bleachfields into the 19th Century.Bielefeld was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia when it was created in 1807.In 1815 it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia following the defeat of France and the Congress of Vienna.