Holzbach (Finkenbach)

Finkenbach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Lutter.

Windwehe is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Lutter in Bielefeld-Heepen.

Lutter (also: Lutterbach) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The river Aa is formed at its confluence with the Johannisbach (considered the upper course of the Aa).

Brake bei Bielefeld is a railway station located in Brake, a part of Bielefeld, Germany. The station is located on the Hamm–Minden railway line. The train services are operated by Eurobahn and WestfalenBahn.

The County of Ravensberg (German: Grafschaft Ravensberg) was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory was in present-day eastern Westphalia, Germany at the foot of the Osning or Teutoburg Forest.

The Bielefeld Opera is the venue of Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld (Municipal stages Bielefeld) in Bielefeld, Germany. It is a Dreisparten Haus (three-department house), offering plays, music (opera, musical theatre), and ballet. The main performance venue is the Stadttheater am Niederwall (Municipal Theatre at the Lower Wall), built in 1904 and extensively renovated from 2004 to 2006. It is the largest theater in East Westphalia, offering 500 performances annually. It is under the direction of Michael Heicks; its resident orchestra is the 72-member Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra that also performs symphonic concerts at the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle.

Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] (listen)) 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. The historical centre of the city is situated north of the Teutoburg Forest line of hills, but modern Bielefeld also incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hills. The city is situated on the Hermannsweg, a hiking trail which runs for 156 km along the length of the Teutoburg Forest.Bielefeld is home to a significant number of internationally operating companies, including Dr. Oetker, Gildemeister and Schüco. It has a university and several technical colleges (Fachhochschulen). Bielefeld is also famous for the Bethel Institution, and for the Bielefeld conspiracy, which satirises conspiracy theories by claiming that Bielefeld does not exist. This concept has been used in the town's marketing and alluded to by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Protestant Church of Westphalia (German: Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen, EKvW) is a United Protestant church body in North Rhine-Westphalia. The seat of the praeses (German: Präses, the head of the church) is Bielefeld. The EKvW emerged on 13 June 1945, when the ecclesiastical province of Westphalia within the Lutheran Church of the old-Prussian Union assumed its independence as church body of its own. The EKvW is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and the Reformed Alliance and is a church whose bases are in a Union between parishes in Lutheran and Calvinistic traditions. The church is also a member of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. Präses (president) of the EKvW is Annette Kurschus (2012), as its first female leader.

Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is the main station in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an important station because of the size of the city of Bielefeld and its location at the Bielefeld Pass, which makes it a node for long-distance and regional traffic. It was opened in 1847 with the opening of the Cologne-Minden trunk line. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.

Bankhaus Lampe is an independent, private bank in Germany, founded in 1852 and headquartered in Bielefeld. The head office is in Dusseldorf, and additional offices are located in Germany, London, New York and Vienna. It is wholly owned by Hauck & Aufhäuser and focused on wealth management. The bank owns 50% of Universal Investment.The Bank also offers planning, asset advice and management, finance, private equity, investments, foreign currency, and online banking services.

Sudbrackbach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Schloßhofbach in Bielefeld.

Schloßhofbach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Aa in Bielefeld.