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20-570: Dören could be derived, especially in the area of Ostwestfalen-Lippe , from Dör , the Low German word for a hill or mountain pass. The Dörenberg, the highest elevation in the centre section of the Teutoburg Forest, lies between Bad Iburg and the Georgsmarienhütte village of Oesede, whereby the boundary of both parishes runs over its southern flank, close to the summit. East of the hill,

40-585: A United Nations Award in 2006/2007 for its international concept. In the QS World University Rankings for 2024, the university is placed within the 951–1000 range, ranking as the 45th institution at the national level. In contrast, the university achieves a higher position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , where it lands within the 201–250 bracket in 2023, and ranks between 23rd and 26th in

60-464: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . University of Bielefeld Bielefeld University (German: Universität Bielefeld ) is a public university in Bielefeld , Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the established universities. In particular,

80-464: Is a functional concrete structure, typical of the 1960s. The main building with 154,000 m alone is one of the largest structures in Europe. Intercity trains running between Cologne / Bonn and Berlin stop regularly at Bielefeld, and the university can be accessed via city tram (Line 4) in about 10 minutes from the city center—or in about 15 minutes by car. The nearest airport, Paderborn/Lippstadt ,

100-470: Is about 50 kilometres southeast of Bielefeld. Bielefeld University Library occupies most of the first floor of the main university building and contains over 2.2 million volumes. It is open every day of the year, from 08:00 until 01:00 Monday to Friday, and from 09:00 to 22:00 during weekends and public holidays. The library's projects include the development of tools to improve access to electronic resources. It works with commercial system suppliers to meet

120-561: Is currently the largest public funded project in the context of the government initiative "Industry 4.0". Universities are located in Bielefeld , Paderborn and Lemgo . The Fraunhofer Society is engaged in OWL in Lemgo and Paderborn. [REDACTED] Media related to Ostwestfalen-Lippe at Wikimedia Commons 51°56′N 8°53′E  /  51.933°N 8.883°E  / 51.933; 8.883 This North Rhine-Westphalia location article

140-685: Is the Totenkopf (498 m). The Teutoburg Forest and the Egge Hills stretch across the region and form the frontier to the Westphalian Lowland . Eastern Westphalia–Lippe is one of the supposed regions of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9 AD, where an alliance of Germanic tribes defeated a Roman army. In 1875, a statue was unveiled of the commander Arminius , who led the Germanics to victory at

160-501: Is the eastern region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia , congruent with the administrative region of Detmold and containing the eastern part of Westphalia , joined with the Lippe region. The region has a population of about two million inhabitants. The major cities are Bielefeld , Paderborn , Gütersloh , Minden , Detmold , and Herford . The highest hill of Ostwestfalen-Lippe

180-665: The B ;51 runs between both settlements in roughly a north-northeast to south-southwest direction. The summit can be reached on woodland tracks from this road. On the summit of the Dörenberg stands the Hermann's Tower , from which, at a height of 352 m above NN , there are views southeast over the Teutoburg Forest, southwards of the Münsterland and north to the Wiehen Hills . On

200-515: The Bologna process . Bielefeld University has started an extensive multi-phase modernisation project, which is to be completed by 2025. A total investment of more than 1 billion euros has been planned for this undertaking. The university is located in the west of Bielefeld next to the Teutoburg Forest . The main building, which houses all the faculties and institutes, as well as the large library,

220-783: The Lammersbrink , 2.8 kilometres northwest, stands the Varus Tower . Both observation towers are linked by a hiking trail, the Kammweg ("Crest Way") . In 1962 an aeroplane of the Royal Air Force crashed on the Dörenberg. Both crew members died. A memorial stone has been laid on the Zigzag Way ( Zickzackweg ) that runs from the Karlsplatz west of the summit towards the Benno Quarry. It bears

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240-602: The THE ranking of 2011 Bielefeld is placed among the top 50 universities in engineering and technology. In terms of mathematics, the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2018 places Bielefeld among the four best universities of Germany and 101–150 best universities in the world. The German Center for Higher Education Development Excellence Ranking, which measures academic performance of European graduate programs in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics, placed Bielefeld in

260-582: The University corresponds to each school ("Research Institute Laborschule" and "Research Institute Oberstufen-Kolleg" ). The Oberstufen-Kolleg is a UNESCO Project School and as such it aims for international understanding and cooperation. Since 1998, the Kolleg has worked together with the German School of Guayaquil in a charitable project to help in the development of the town of Daular, Ecuador, which project won

280-613: The battle. This statue, the Hermannsdenkmal , is one of the best-known sights and landmarks in Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Some major globally operating companies are headquartered in the region, for example Bertelsmann , Miele , Dr. Oetker , Melitta , Gerry Weber , DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft , Hörmann, Schüco , Wincor Nixdorf , Phoenix Contact , HEGLA and Claas . In 2012 OWL became Germans BMBF Leading Edge Technology Cluster for intelligent Technical Systems (it's OWL ), which

300-489: The country. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2023, the university's global rank falls within the 701–800 range, placing it between 41st and 42nd nationally. In 2017, Bielefeld University was ranked 22nd in the world by the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings, and among the top 300 universities by the traditional Times Higher Education World University Rankings . In

320-462: The excellence group for mathematics. Bielefeld University was one of the centers of student protests in the fight against the introduction of tuition fees . In the course of the protests, the central hall and the university president's office were occupied by protesting students for over a month. In a vote organised by the AStA and the students parliament, about 94 percent of the participants voted against

340-546: The inscription: " Am 18. Januar 1962 stürzte an dieser Stelle ein Flugzeug ab. Zwei junge Flieger im Alter von 24 und 26 Jahren fanden den Fliegertod. " ("On 18 January 1962 an aircraft crashed at this spot. Two young airmen - 24 and 26 years old - died an airman's death.") The memorial tablet stands below the first bend on Zigzag Way. Ostwestfalen-Lippe Ostwestfalen-Lippe ( [ˌɔstvɛstfaːlənˈlɪpə] , literally East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe , abbreviation OWL )

360-513: The introduction of tuition fees, although only 22 percent of the students cast their vote. This is comparable to similar results at other German universities. In its session of 12 July 2006, the university senate decided to introduce tuition fees of €500 per semester, beginning in 2007. In August 2006, a universal key for the university went missing during a senate session. After that, multiple cases of arson and defacement of university property were reported. University president Dieter Timmermann

380-643: The needs of academic libraries—collaborations that have resulted in developments such as BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), by which metadata is collected from scientific repository servers and indexed, along with data from selected web sites and data collections, using the Solr framework. Since their founding by Hartmut von Hentig in 1974, the laboratory schools Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg have focused on integrating educational research into everyday teaching: school teachers collaborate with university researchers in research projects. A research institute at

400-471: The university aims to "re-establish the unity between research and teaching", and so all its faculty teach courses in their area of research. The university also stresses a focus on interdisciplinary research, helped by the architecture, which encloses all faculties in one great structure. It is among the first of the German universities to switch some faculties (e.g. biology) to Bachelor / Master -degrees as part of

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