Editing Bielefeld (section)

==Industry and education==
Bielefeld was a linen-producing town, and in the early 1920s the Town's Savings Bank (Stadtsparkasse) issued money made of linen, silk and velvet. These items were known as 'stoffgeld'.

In addition to the manufacture of [[home appliances]] and various [[heavy industry|heavy industries]], Bielefeld companies include [[Dr. Oetker]] (food manufacturing), Möller Group (leather products and plastics), Seidensticker (clothing and textiles) and [[Bethel Institution]] with 17.000 employees.

[[Bielefeld University]] was founded in 1969. The first professors included the well-known German sociologist [[Niklas Luhmann]]. Other institutions of [[higher education]] include the Theological Seminary Bethel (''Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel'') and the [[Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences]] ({{langx|de|Hochschule Bielefeld}}), which offers 21 courses in 8 different departments (agriculture and engineering are in [[Minden]]) and has been internationally recognized for its photography school.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld |url=http://www.fh-bielefeld.de/article/fh/2093/1/492?NavCatID=863 |access-date=23 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914194527/http://www.fh-bielefeld.de/article/fh/2093/1/492?NavCatID=863 |archive-date=14 September 2009 }}</ref>
Bielefeld has several vocational schools like Berufskolleg Senne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Berufskolleg Senne |url=https://bk-senne.de/index.php/ueber-uns/schulprofil |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> and Berufskolleg Bethel<ref>{{cite web |title=Infotag am Berufskolleg Bethel |url=https://www.bethel.de/en/|access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> These schools focus on hands-on training in various fields, including business, healthcare, and technical disciplines.
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