Paderborn
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Paderborn (Low German: Patterbuorn, Paterboärn) is a city in the middle west of Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 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. It has about 150,338 inhabitants [1] and a university.[2]
Paderborn has a football club in the first men's league in Germany (SC Paderborn 07[3]) and a basketball team in the 2nd German league (Paderborn Baskets).[4]
Pope John Paul II visited Paderborn in 1996 and Pope Leo III visited Paderborn in 799.
Paderborn has got a very big cathedral. It was built by Charlemagne ("Karl der Große").
Paderborn Media
Copper-engraving of the view on Paderborn by Matthäus Merian. Published in "Topographia Germaniae" edition: "Topographia Westphaliae" in 1647.*This scan was made from a facsimile-print published in 1961 by Bärenreiter, Kassel based on the original edition.
Watermill on Pader River in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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View from the Eggeturm on Prussia. Velmerstot to the south over the ridge of the Egge Mountains. On the left in the background the hawk forest near Kassel.
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Results of the 2020 city council election.
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Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport in Büren: Departure Lounge
Sophie Schröder, Lithographie von Joseph Kriehuber
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Lithography of the German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner. He discovered morphine in 1804.
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Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804-1852), was professor of Obstetrics in Berlin (litography)
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Karl Freiherr von Plettenberg (1852-1938)
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung / Einwohnerzahlen". Stadt Paderborn (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Universität Paderborn". www.uni-paderborn.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "SC Paderborn 07". www.scp07.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Paderborn Baskets – – offizielle Website Paderborn Baskets 91 e.V." paderborn-baskets.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Other websites
Media related to Paderborn at Wikimedia Commons
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