Bielefeld: Germany

Bielefeld: Germany
Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on both the western and eastern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest. Population: 329,000. The current mayor is Eberhard David.
The name Bielefeld is derived from the old name bileveld, which means “hilly field�. The centre of Bielefeld is situated on the eastern side of the Teutoburg Forest. Today there are boroughs on the opposite side and on the hilltops incorporated into Bielefeld. Bielefeld separates the two main ridges of the Northern Teutoburg Forest and the Southern Teutoburg Forest from each other.
Bielefeld is connected to two major German autobahns, the A2 and A33, which intersects at the south east of Bielefeld. The Ostwestfalen-Damm expressway connects the two parts of the city naturally divided by the Teutoburg Forest. The main railroad station of Bielefeld is part of the German ICE high-speed railroad system. Bielefeld has a small airplane landing strip in the Sennestadt district, while mainly served by the two larger nearby airports Paderborn-Lippstadt and Münster-Osnabrück.
Bielefeld has a well developed public transportation system, served mainly by the companies moBiel (formerly Stadtwerke Bielefeld – Verkehrsbetriebe) and BVO. Beside busses, there is a subway system with 4 major subway lines and also local railroad trains connecting different parts of the city and nereby counties.