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Paderborn ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn)<ref name=Duden>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and Born, an old German term for the source of a river. The river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.

HistoryEdit

Paderborn was founded as a bishopric by Charlemagne in 795, although its official history began in 777 when Charlemagne built a castle near the Paderborn springs.<ref name="Heribert Zelder 2009">Ed. Heribert Zelder, Tourist Information Services, Welcome to Paderborn, Stadt Paderborn: Paderborn, Germany, 2009.</ref> In 799 Pope Leo III fled his enemies in Rome and reached Paderborn, where he met Charlemagne, and stayed there for three months. It was during this time that it was decided that Charlemagne would be crowned emperor. Charlemagne reinstated Leo in Rome in 800 and was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Leo in return. In 836, St. Liborius became the patron saint of Paderborn after his bones were moved there from Le Mans by Bishop Badurad.<ref name="ReferenceA">Ed. Heribert Zelder, Tourist Information Services, Welcome to Paderborn, Stadt Paderborn: Paderborn, Germany, 2009.</ref> St. Liborius is commemorated in Paderborn every year in July with the Liborifest. The bishop of Paderborn, Meinwerk, became a Prince of the Empire in 1100. The bishop had several large buildings built, and the area became a place for the emperors to stay.<ref name="Heribert Zelder 2009" />

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Paderborn in 1647.

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.

Native Friedrich Sertürner, a pharmacist's apprentice in Paderborn, was the first to isolate morphine from opium in 1804.

In 1914 the Paderborn military camp was turned into a prisoner of war camp named Sennelager.

In 1930, the See of Paderborn was promoted to archdiocese.

Template:AnchorDuring World War II, Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US 3rd Armored Division after a pitched battle 31 March – 1 April 1945, in which tanks and flamethrowers were used during combined mechanized-infantry assaults against the city's southwestern, southern and southeastern approaches.<ref>Stanton, Shelby, World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939–1946 (Revised Edition, 2006), p. 52</ref>

After the city was reconstructed in the 1940s and 1950s, Paderborn became a major industrial seat in Westphalia.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The British Army retained a significant presence in the area until 2020, when British units were relocated back to the United Kingdom. Only a small training and enabling staff remain at Paderborn to facilitate temporary deployments to use the Sennelager Training Area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 20 May 2022 Paderborn was hit by a damaging tornado, leaving 38 injured & considerable damage along its path.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GeographyEdit

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Pader River
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Eggegebirge

Paderborn is situated at the source of the river Pader, approximately Template:Convert east of Lippstadt and approximately Template:Convert south of Bielefeld on the Pader. The hills of the Eggegebirge are located east of the city. Paderborn is Template:Convert east of Dortmund and the Ruhr region. To the north-west, Hannover is Template:Convert away.

Neighbouring municipalitiesEdit

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SubdivisionsEdit

The city of Paderborn consists of the following Stadtteile (city sections): Template:Div col

  • Paderborn (city center)
  • Benhausen
  • Dahl
  • Elsen
  • Marienloh
  • Neuenbeken
  • Sande
  • Sennelager
  • Schloß Neuhaus
  • Wewer

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ClimateEdit

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DemographicsEdit

Paderborn has a population of over 144,000, of which approximately 10% are students at the local university (Paderborn University). Additionally, about 10,000 members or relatives of members of the British armed forces live within Westfalen Garrison, but are not included in the nominal population size.

Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>City of Paderborn</ref>
Nationality Population (2011)
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60% of the population are Catholics, 20% Lutherans and 20% members of other faiths or not religious.

EconomyEdit

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 ten years. The company is now known as Diebold Nixdorf, which is still located in Paderborn, but Siemens retains a considerable presence in the city.

Many other information technology companies as well as industrial enterprises are located in Paderborn, too:

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

Arts and cultureEdit

Paderborn has the largest computer museum in the world, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, opened in 1996. From 2001 to 2005, it hosted the Template:Interlanguage link.

The town supports the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie for regular symphony concerts in the Paderhalle.

The city is currently known for its exhibitions in three museums: the Kaiserpfalz, The Diocesan Museum and the Art Museum - Städtische Galerie.<ref>CREDO in Paderborn - Medieval Histories 2013: 9 Template:ISBN</ref> The city also has some natural tourist attractions within and around it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • The city has given its name to the Paderborn Gesangbuch of 1765, a collection of hymn tunes amongst which is one used in England as 'Paderborn' for the hymn 'Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim' (New English Hymnal 476).

Image galleryEdit

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    Central Paderborn and Cathedral

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    Saint Boniface church, Paderborn

  • Paderborn Kath.Kirche St.Georg.jpg

    Saint George's church, Paderborn

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    Town hall Paderborn (Rathaus)

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    Inside the Bartholomäuskapelle

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    Pedestrian zone in Paderborn city center

PoliticsEdit

With the Archdiocese of Paderborn based in the city cathedral, Paderborn has traditionally been a conservative Catholic city. In the Bundestag, it is located in the eponymous electoral district, which is a safe seat for CDU. Only twice (1949 and 2021) has CDU not received a majority of the district's votes, and from 1953 to 1987 always received at least 60% of the district's vote. In the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city currently located in the district Paderborn II, which also has a strong CDU lean.

At local level, the city has always elected CDU mayors since 1946. Until 2009, the CDU held an absolute majority on the city council, and as late as 1979 received over 60% of the vote in the city.

MayorEdit

The current mayor of Paderborn is Michael Dreier of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

Template:Election table ! colspan=2| Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Michael Dreier | align=left| Christian Democratic Union | 29,038 | 52.0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Klaus Schröder | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 11,194 | 20.1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Martin Pantke | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 6,902 | 12.4 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Elke Süsselbeck | align=left| The Left | 2,467 | 4.4 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Marvin Weber | align=left| Alternative for Germany | 2,404 | 4.3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alexander Senn | align=left| Free Democratic Party | 1,743 | 3.1 |- | | align=left| Stephan Hoppe | align=left| For Paderborn | 1,099 | 2.0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Verani Kartum | align=left| Volt Germany | 538 | 1.0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Hartmut Hüttemann | align=left| Free Voters | 416 | 0.8 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 55,801 ! 99.2 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 464 ! 0.8 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 56,265 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 118,244 ! 48.6 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Paderborn |}

City councilEdit

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Results of the 2020 city council election.

The Paderborn city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

Template:Election table ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 22,412 | 40.3 | Template:Decrease 6.1 | 24 | Template:Decrease 6 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 13,412 | 24.1 | Template:Increase 9.6 | 14 | Template:Increase 5 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 7,101 | 12.8 | Template:Decrease 9.5 | 7 | Template:Decrease 7 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 3,152 | 2.7 | Template:Increase 1.1 | 3 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 2,811 | 5.1 | Template:Increase 1.5 | 3 | Template:Increase 1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 2,554 | 4.6 | Template:Steady 0.0 | 3 | ±0 |- | | align=left| For Paderborn (Für PB) | 1,541 | 2.8 | New | 2 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Die PARTEI | 1,485 | 2.7 | New | 2 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Citizens' Initiative – Free Voters (FBI) | 564 | 1.0 | Template:Decrease 1.9 | 1 | Template:Decrease 1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Volt Germany (Volt) | 536 | 1.0 | New | 1 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 55,568 ! 98.9 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 604 ! 1.1 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 56,172 ! 100.0 ! ! 60 ! Template:Decrease 4 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 118,244 ! 47.5 ! Template:Increase 1.1 ! ! |}

Twin towns – sister citiesEdit

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SportsEdit

Paderborn is nationally known as a center for American Sports. The local baseball team, the Paderborn Untouchables, has won many German championships. 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 was promoted to the Bundesliga.

Paderborn Baskets (basketball)Edit

In the past, the Paderborn Baskets played multiple seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga. They reached the playoffs in the 2008–09 season.

Rugby Club Paderborn e.V. (rugby)Edit

Recently Rugby Club Paderborn e.V. have had a great run in Regionalliga NRW and are on the verge of being promoted to the next league.

SC Paderborn 07 (football)Edit

SC Paderborn 07 is the most successful football club in Paderborn. They were promoted to the Bundesliga, Germany's top flight, in 2019 but were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the same season.

The club was formed out of the 1985 merger of FC Paderborn and TuS Schloß Neuhaus as TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus and took on its current, shorter name in 1997, the 07 remembering the link with SV 07 Neuhaus. The Neuhaus club was founded in 1907 as SV 07 Neuhaus which was joined by the local side TuS 1910 Sennelager to become TuS Schloss Neuhaus in 1970. The Neuhaus and Paderborn teams played as tier III sides for most of their histories, as has the unified club. Today Paderborn plays its home matches at the Benteler Arena. In 2015, SC Paderborn were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. After their relegation in their first season, Paderborn returned to the Bundesliga in 2019 only to be relegated again. Currently (2022) they have achieved comfortable mid-table positions in the 2. Bundesliga.

InfrastructureEdit

TransportEdit

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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 station is a regular stop for the InterCity on the Hamm–Warburg line and several local trains.

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. General Aviation and gliders are based at Paderborn-Haxterberg Template:Airport codes (site of the world gliding championships in 1981).

In Paderborn there is a bus system served by the PaderSprinter for local buses and the Bahnbus Hochstift for regional buses.

EducationEdit

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University of Paderborn

Paderborn was once the oldest academic site in Westphalia. In 1614, the University of Paderborn was founded by the Jesuits but was closed in 1819. It was re-founded in 1972 as Universität-Gesamthochschule and transformed into a university in its own right in 2002. Today, it is attended by about 20,000 students.

There also are several theological and private academic institutes in Paderborn.

There are a number of grammar schools in the city, the most prominent of which are the Template:Ill and Template:Ill,Template:Citation needed along with others such as the Goerdeler-Gymnasium. There are also a few British primary schools such as John Buchan School, which was located in Sennelager and mainly educated children of British military personnel and the garrison's employees until its closure in 2019.

Notable peopleEdit

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Sophie Schröder in 1828
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Friedrich Sertürner
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Joseph Hermann Schmidt
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Karl von Plettenberg

SportEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

External linksEdit

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