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Paderborn | |
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![]() Paderborn town hall | |
Coordinates: 51°43′N 8°46′E / 51.717°N 8.767°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Detmold |
District | Paderborn |
Subdivisions | 8 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michael Dreier (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 179.38 km2 (69.26 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 347 m (1,138 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 94 m (308 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 154,755 |
• Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 33041-33106 |
Dialling codes | 05251, 05252, 05254, 05293 |
Vehicle registration | PB |
Website | paderborn.de |
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 [3] and a university.[4]
Paderborn has a football club in the first men's league in Germany (SC Paderborn 07[5]) and a basketball team in the 2nd German league (Paderborn Baskets).[6]
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").
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Population data". Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung / Einwohnerzahlen". Stadt Paderborn (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Universität Paderborn". www.uni-paderborn.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "SC Paderborn 07". www.scp07.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Paderborn Baskets – – offizielle Website Paderborn Baskets 91 e.V." paderborn-baskets.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Paderborn at Wikimedia Commons