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[district] Herford (ˈhɛʁfɔʁt) is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Minden-Lübbecke, Lippe, the urban district of Bielefeld, and the districts Gütersloh and Osnabrück. ==History== The region is also known as Wittekind`s land, as the last fights of Wittekind`s Sax...