There was an official competition going on initiated by its mayor ... for obvious reasons. If anyone could prove that Bielefeld does in fact not exist, he would

There was an official competition going on initiated by its mayor ... for obvious reasons. If anyone could prove that Bielefeld does in fact not exist, he would provide €1,000,000 from his private wealth. He obviously didn't have this much, but it's a bet you can't lose, albeit all the memes ...