Paderborn

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Location of the city of Paderborn within the district
Paderborn
Paderborn town hall
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
City subdivisions	8
Mayor	Heinz Paus (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	179.38 km² (69.3 sq mi)
Elevation	94-347 m
Population	144,258 (31/12/2006)^[1]
- Density	804 /km² (2,083 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PB
Postal codes	33041-33106
Area codes	05251, 05252, 05254, 05293
Website	paderborn.de
Coordinates: 51°43′0″N 8°46′0″E / 51.71667, 8.76667

Paderborn (IPA: [paːdɐˈbɔʁn]) 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.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbouring places
- 1.2 Division of the town
2 Population
3 Industry
4 History
5 Sister cities
6 Education
7 Sports
8 Transportation
9 External links
10 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Neighbouring places

Central Paderborn and Cathedral

[edit] Division of the town

The city of Paderborn consists of the following wards

Paderborn (city center)
Schloß Neuhaus
Elsen
Benhausen
Wewer

Paderborn-Dahl
Neuenbeken
Marienloh
Sennelager
Sande

[edit] Population

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.

[edit] 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:

dSPACE (engineering tools)
Benteler AG (steel/tube, automotive, trade)
Claas (farm machines)
Deutsche Bahn AG (vehicle maintenance)
Flextronics
Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Orga Systems GmbH
Siemens AG (Siemens IT Solutions and Services)
Wincor Nixdorf
Secure Computing Corporation
Zuken (PCB EMC Analysis and Design Software)

Paderborn is also home of the "Paderborner" brewery, which has belonged to the Warsteiner group since 1990.

[edit] History

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It is believed that Charlemagne spent considerable time in the area during his reign, and evidence in the form of ruins below and around Paderborn's cathedral seem to back this up.

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.

Paderborn in 1647.

St. Liborius is commemorated every year in Paderborn with the Liborifest in July, although the ensuing festivities have little to do with the saint.

[edit] 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
Przemyśl, Poland, since 1993
Debrecen, Hungary, since 1994

[edit] 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 Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum [1]. From 2001 to 2005 it hosted the RoboCup German Open.

[edit] 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 again.

Paderborn is a focal 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 digibu Baskets, the home basketball team of the city achieved the Bundesliga.

[edit] Transportation

Paderborn Airport.

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 here. The Paderborn Lippstadt Airport connects Paderborn to the bigger German airports and offers flights to many locations in Europe. There is a bus shuttle between the airport and the Paderborn main train station. In Paderborn there is a bus system served by the PaderSprinter for local buses and the Bahnbus Hochstift (bbh) for regional buses.