Paderborn
() is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.
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History
Paderborn was founded as a
bishopric by
Charlemagne in 795. In 799
Pope Leo III fled his enemies in Rome and reached Paderborn, where he met Charlemagne. Charlemagne reinstated Leo in Rome in 800 and was crowned as
Holy Roman Emperor by Leo in return.
The bishop of Paderborn became a
Prince of the Empire in 1100. The city was taken by
Prussia in 1802, then by the French vassal state
Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 and then returned to Prussia.
The tree
Irminsul was supposedly located near Paderborn.
Paderborn was the seat of the
Bishopric of Paderborn; today it is seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop.
St. Liborius is commemorated in Paderborn every year in July with the Liborifest. He is the patron of Paderborn, to which his relics were transferred in 836.
Sports
soccer: SC Paderborn 07 (2nd league) basketball:Paderborn Baskets (1st league) volleyball:Grün-Weiß Paderborn (3rd league) baseball: Untouchables Paderborn (1st league, record champion) football: Paderborn Dolphins (3rd league) squash: Paderborner Squash Club (1st league, record champion)
All leagues are in Germany
Geography
Paderborn is situated at the spring of the
Pader
river, approx. 30 kilometers east of
Lippstadt and approx. 50 kilometers south of
Bielefeld. The hills of the
Eggegebirge are located east of the city.
Neighbouring places
- Hövelhof
- Bad Lippspringe
- Altenbeken
- Lichtenau
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- Borchen
- Salzkotten
- Delbrück
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Division of the town
The city of Paderborn consists of the following wards
- Paderborn (city center)
- Schloß Neuhaus
- Elsen
- Benhausen
- Wewer
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- Paderborn-Dahl
- Neuenbeken
- Marienloh
- Sennelager
- Sande
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Population
thumb's church, Paderborn
Paderborn has a population of over 144,000, of which approximately 10% are students at the local
university. Additionally, about 10,000 members or relatives of members of the
British armed forces live in Paderborn, but are not included in the nominal population size. About half of the armed forces and families live in the
Sennelager ward, the location of the largest barracks.
Industry
Paderborn is the headquarters of the former
Nixdorf Computer AG, which was acquired by
Siemens in the early 1990s and known as
Siemens-Nixdorf for about 10 years. The company is now known as
Wincor Nixdorf which is still located in Paderborn, but Siemens retains a considerable presence in the city.
Many other IT companies as well as industrial enterprises are located in Paderborn, too:
- Benteler AG (steel/tube, automotive, trade)
- Claas (farm machines)
- Deutsche Bahn AG (vehicle maintenance)
- dSPACE (engineering tools)
- Flextronics
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers
- Orga Systems GmbH
- Secure Computing Corporation
- Siemens AG (Siemens IT Solutions and Services)
- Wincor Nixdorf
- Zuken (PCB EMC Analysis and Design Software)
Paderborn is also home of the "
Paderborner" brewery, which has belonged to the Warsteiner group since 1990.
Sister cities
- Le Mans, France, officially since 1967, traditionally since 836 (oldest partnership of its kind in Europe)
- Bolton, United Kingdom, since 1975
- Belleville, Illinois, U.S., since 1990
- Pamplona, Spain, since 1992
- Przemysl, Poland, since 1993
- Debrecen, Hungary, since 1994
Education
Paderborn was once the oldest academic site in Westphalia. In 1614, a
university was founded by Jesuits but was closed in 1819. It was re-founded in 1972 as Universität-Gesamthochschule and transformed into a sole university in 2002. Today, it is attended by about 14,000 students.
Additionally, several theologic and private academic institutes exist.
Paderborn has the biggest computer museum in the world, the . From 2001 to 2005 it hosted the
RoboCup German Open.
Sports
Paderborn is home of the
SC Paderborn 07 football club, which achieved fame in 2005 by advancing to the second
Bundesliga, but has since been relegated back to the third league. In the 2008/2009 season they were again promoted to the second
2. Fußball-Bundesliga after playoff.
Paderborn is a local point in Germany for
American sports. The local
baseball team, the
Paderborn Untouchables, has won many German championships, and the local
American Football team, the Paderborn Dolphins, has also enjoyed considerable success. In 2006 the
Paderborn Baskets, the home
basketball team of the city achieved the
Bundesliga.
Transportation
Paderborn is located at the
Autobahn A 33, which connects Paderborn to the
Autobahn A 2 in the north and the
Autobahn A 44 in the south.
The main train station is a regular stop for the
InterCity and several local trains. Train connections can be found .
The
Paderborn Lippstadt Airport connects Paderborn to the bigger German airports and offers flights to many locations in Europe. There is a between the airport and the Paderborn main train station. General Aviation and gliders are based at (site of the world gliding championships in 1981).
In Paderborn there is a bus system served by the for local buses and the for regional buses.