Paderborn

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Country:	Germany
Paderborn
Paderborn town hall

Coordinates:	51° 43′ N, 8° 46′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region:	Detmold
District:	Paderborn
City subdivisions:	City centre and 7 wards
Mayor:	Heinz Paus (CDU)
Governing party:	CDU
Basic Statistics
Area:	179.38 km² (69 sq.mi.)
Population:	143,849 (30 June 2006)
- Density:	802 /km² (2,077 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	94-347 m
Further Information
Postal codes:	33041-33106
Area codes:	05251, 05252, 05254, 05293
Licence plate code:	PB
Website:	paderborn.de

Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. Its geographical location is 51°43′N 8°45′E, and it has a population of approximately 142,000, of which 8% are students at the local university and about 10,000 are members or former members of the British armed forces. The vast majority of the armed forces' and families are located in the Sennelager ward, due to the proximity of the large barracks on Bielefelder Straße.

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.

Central Paderborn and Cathedral

1 Industry
2 History
3 Sister cities
4 Sports
5 Transportation
6 Wards in the City of Paderborn
7 External links

[edit] Industry

It 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.

Paderborn is also home of the "Paderborner" brewery.

Paderborn has the biggest computer museum in the world, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum [1]. Every year, Paderborn hosts the German Open of Robo-soccer.

[edit] History

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, USA, since 1990
Pamplona, Spain, since 1992
Przemyśl, Poland, since 1993
Debrecen, Hungary, since 1994
Qingdao, China, since 2003

[edit] Sports

Paderborn is home of the SC Paderborn 07 football club, which achieved fame in 2005 by advancing to the second Bundesliga.

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 Paderborn Baskets, the home basketball team of the city achieved the Bundesliga.

[edit] Transportation

Paderborn Airport.

Paderborn is located at the Autobahn A33, which connects Paderborn to the Autobahn A2 in the north and the Autobahn A 44 in the south. The main train station is a regular stop for the InterCityExpress 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 VPH for regional buses.