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Unclear, with respect to the already at least early medieval age of the word, either reflecting Proto-Germanic*heupǭ(“rose-hip”) or with unorganic onset *abjǭ(“declivity?”).
Einfahrt in den historischen Ortskern von Heepen aus Baumheide
In the general register it virtually always means the area of the former municipality, though it has only cultural but not formal administrative significance anymore, rather than the city district named after it due to the thereunto municipality being the namesake of the preceding municipality administration collective Amt Heepen.
Meineke, Birgit (2013) Die Ortsnamen der Stadt Bielefeld (Westfälisches Ortsnamenbuch; 5), Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →ISBN, pages 116–118
