HERFORD, or HERVORDEN, a walled town in Prussian Westphalia, capital of the circle of Minden, at the confluence of the Werra and Aa, 16 miles S.W. of Minden. It has six churches, a gymnasium, industrial school, arsenal, prison, and museum for Westphalian arts and antiquities. Its manufactures comprise cotton and cotton-yarn; also linen, leather, tobacco, and ale. Pop. (1849) 6756.