Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

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, 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 Paderborn Cathedral (german: Paderborner Dom) is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn. It is located in the city centre of Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary, Saint Kilian and ...

, where St. Liborius is buried. Paderborn ranks 55th on the

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History

Paderborn was founded as a

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Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...

in 795, although its official history began in 777 when Charlemagne built a castle near the Pader springs.Ed. Heribert Zelder, Tourist Information Services, ''Welcome to Paderborn'', Stadt Paderborn: Paderborn, Germany, 2009. In 799 Pope Leo III fled his enemies in

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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

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by Leo in return. In 836, St. Liborius became the patron saint of Paderborn after his bones were moved there from

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by Bishop Badurad.Ed. Heribert Zelder, Tourist Information Services, Welcome to Paderborn, Stadt Paderborn: Paderborn, Germany, 2009. St. Liborius is commemorated in Paderborn every year in July with the Liborifest. The

bishop of Paderborn The Archdiocese of Paderborn is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn.Prince of the Empire A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

in 1100. The bishop had several large buildings built, and the area became a place for the emperors to stay. Paderborn-Kupferstich-Merian

The city was taken by

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

in 1802, then by the French

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Kingdom of Westphalia The Kingdom of Westphalia was a kingdom in Germany, with a population of 2.6 million, that existed from 1807 to 1813. It included territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the ...

from 1807 to 1813 and then returned to Prussia. Native

Friedrich Sertürner Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (19 June 1783 – 20 February 1841) was a German pharmacist and a pioneer of alkaloid chemistry. He is best known for his discovery of morphine in 1804. Biography Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner was born to J ...

, a pharmacist's apprentice in Paderborn, was the first to isolate

morphine Morphine is a strong opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies (''Papaver somniferum''). It is mainly used as a analgesic, pain medication, and is also commonly used recreational drug, recreationally, or to make ...

from

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in 1804. In 1914 the Paderborn military camp was turned into a prisoner of war camp named ''

Sennelager Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn. It is notable for its association with the military since the 19th century. Location Sennelager lies around 5 km north of Paderborn city centre in the west of the ...

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

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, 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 A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

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. After the city was reconstructed in the 1940s and 1950s, Paderborn became a major industrial seat in Westphalia. 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 The Sennelager Training Area (German: ) is a military training area in Germany, under the control of British Forces based in Paderborn Garrison. It covers an area of , and belongs to the German Government, which discharges its responsibility th ...

. On May 20, 2022, Paderborn was hit by a damaging

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, leaving 38 injured & considerable damage along its path.

Geography

Paderborn is situated at the source of the river ''Pader'', approximately east of Lippstadt and approximately south of

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

on the Pader. The hills of the

Eggegebirge The Egge Hills (german: Eggegebirge, ), or just the Egge (''die Egge'') is a range of forested hills, up to , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest ra ...

are located east of the city. Paderborn is east of Dortmund and the Ruhr region. To the north-west, Hannover is away.

Neighbouring municipalities

* Altenbeken *

Bad Lippspringe Bad Lippspringe () is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald, approximately north-east of Paderborn. The river Lippe has its sour ...

Borchen Borchen is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Location Borchen is situated in the Paderborn tableland, approximately 5 km south of Paderborn. The municipality also contains a small p ...

Delbrück Delbrück () is a town in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the district Paderborn. History The first document mentioning the town dates to 1219. In 1410, the town was destroyed by fire during a conflict between the bisho ...

Hövelhof Hövelhof is a municipality in the district Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 14 March 2012, Hövelhof can use the official additive ''Sennegemeinde'' (English: "Senne municipality"). Geography Hövelhof is located in the Sen ...

* Lichtenau *

Salzkotten Salzkotten is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name Salzkotten (in English, "Salt cottages") is based in the former salt production, which gave Salzkotten its raison d'être. Salt was found in the salty ...

Subdivisions

The city of Paderborn consists of the following ''Stadtteile'' (city sections): * Paderborn (city center) * Benhausen * Dahl *

Elsen Elsen is a village in Germany that forms a part of the city Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), common ...

* Marienloh * Neuenbeken * Sande *

* Schloß Neuhaus * Wewer

Demographics

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

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live within

Westfalen Garrison Westfalen Garrison is a major British garrison with facilities located in Paderborn, Sennelager and Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany which now forms the major part of British Forces Germany. It was the home of 20th Armoured Infantry ...

, but are not included in the nominal population size. 60% of the population are Catholics, 20% Lutherans and 20% members of other faiths or not religious.

Economy

Paderborn is the headquarters of the former

Nixdorf Computer AG Nixdorf Computer AG was a West German computer company founded by Heinz Nixdorf in 1952. Headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, it became the fourth largest computer company in Europe, and a worldwide specialist in banking and point-of-sale syste ...

, which was acquired by

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...

in the early 1990s and known as Siemens-Nixdorf for about ten years. The company is now known as

Diebold Nixdorf Diebold Nixdorf is an American multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point- ...

, which is still located in Paderborn, but Siemens retains a considerable presence in the city. Many other

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

companies as well as industrial enterprises are located in Paderborn, too: * Benteler AG (steel/tube, automotive, trade) *

Claas } CLAAS is an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia. Founded in 1913 by August Claas, CLAAS is a family business and one of the market and technology leaders in harv ...

(farm machines) * Deutsche Bahn AG (vehicle maintenance) *

dSPACE GmbH dSPACE GmbH (''digital signal processing and control engineering''), located in Paderborn, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), is one of the world's leading providers of tools for developing electronic control units. dSPACE GmbH has Project Centers ...

(engineering tools) *

Flextronics Flex Ltd. (previously known as Flextronics International Ltd. or Flextronics) is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational diversified manufacturing company. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), origi ...

Fujitsu Technology Solutions Fujitsu Technology Solutions is a European information technology vendor with a presence in markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, as well as India. A subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, FTS was founded in 2009 after ...

Orga Systems GmbH Orga Systems was a software vendor for convergent charging and billing solutions with an international customer base in telecommunications, utilities, and automotive markets. The medium-sized company was headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, and o ...

Secure Computing Corporation Secure Computing Corporation (SCC) was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data. McAfee acquired the company in 2008. The company also developed filtering systems used ...

Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

(Siemens IT Solutions and Services) *

Zuken is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in software and Information technology consulting, consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of Comput ...

(PCB EMC Analysis and Design Software) Paderborn is also home of the " Paderborner"

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, which has belonged to the Warsteiner group since 1990.

Arts and culture

Paderborn has the largest computer museum in the world, the

Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) in Paderborn, Germany, is the largest computer museum in the world (as of 2018). It is named after the Paderborn computer pioneer and entrepreneur Heinz Nixdorf. History In 1977, Heinz Nixdorf received numero ...

, opened in 1996. From 2001 to 2005, it hosted the . The town supports the

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestr ...

for regular symphony concerts in the Paderhalle. The city is known today for its exhibitions in three museums: the ''Kaiserpfalz'', The Diocesan Museum and the Art Museum - Städtische Galerie. The city also have some natural tourist attractions within and around.

Image gallery

File:Over paderborn.jpg, Central Paderborn and Cathedral File:Paderborn Kath.Bonifatiuskirche-2.jpg, Saint Boniface church, Paderborn File:Paderborn Kath.Kirche St.Georg.jpg,

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

's church, Paderborn File:Paderborner Rathaus.jpg, Town hall Paderborn (Rathaus) File:Bartholomäuskapelle Paderborn.jpg, Inside the Bartholomäuskapelle File:Paderborn_shopping.jpg, Photo of Paderborn city center

Politics

Mayor

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: ! colspan=2, Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Michael Dreier , align=left, Christian Democratic Union , 29,038 , 52.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Klaus Schröder , align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens , 11,194 , 20.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Martin Pantke , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

, 6,902 , 12.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Elke Süsselbeck , align=left, The Left , 2,467 , 4.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Marvin Weber , align=left, Alternative for Germany , 2,404 , 4.3 , - , bgcolor=, , 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=, , align=left, Verani Kartum , align=left,

Volt Germany Volt Germany (, mostly known by the abbreviated name Volt) is a social-liberal pro-European, eurofederalist political party in Germany. It is the German branch of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level. Italian And ...

, 538 , 1.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Hartmut Hüttemann , align=left,

Free Voters Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of 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 council

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: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 22,412 , 40.3 , 6.1 , 24 , 6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , 13,412 , 24.1 , 9.6 , 14 , 5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 7,101 , 12.8 , 9.5 , 7 , 7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 3,152 , 2.7 , 1.1 , 3 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD) , 2,811 , 5.1 , 1.5 , 3 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 2,554 , 4.6 , 0.0 , 3 , ±0 , - , , align=left, For Paderborn (Für PB) , 1,541 , 2.8 , New , 2 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazi ...

, 1,485 , 2.7 , New , 2 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Citizens' Initiative – Free Voters (FBI) , 564 , 1.0 , 1.9 , 1 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(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 ! 4 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 118,244 ! 47.5 ! 1.1 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
City of Paderborn

Twin towns – sister cities

Paderborn is twinned with: *

, France (officially since 1967, traditionally since 836, the oldest partnership of its kind) *

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, England, United Kingdom (1975) * Belleville, United States (1990) *

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, Spain (1992) * Przemyśl, Poland (1993) *

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, Hungary (1994) *

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, China (2003)

Sports

Paderborn is nationally known as a center for American Sports. The local

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team, the

Paderborn Untouchables The Untouchables Paderborn (full name Untouchables Paderborn Baseball Club e.V.), is a German baseball team in the Baseball-Bundesliga located in the city of Paderborn in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The club was established in 1990. The Untouchables' ...

, has won many German championships. The local

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team, the Paderborn Dolphins, has also enjoyed considerable success. In 2006 the Paderborn Baskets, the home

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team of the city was promoted to the

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Paderborn Baskets (basketball)

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

SC Paderborn 07 (football)

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

is the most successful

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club in Paderborn. They were promoted to the

, Germany's top flight, in 2019 but relegated back to 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 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 2. Bundesliga.

Infrastructure

Transport

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 InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...

on the Hamm–Warburg line and several local trains. The

Paderborn Lippstadt Airport Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (German: ''Flughafen Paderborn Lippstadt'') is a minor international airport in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe area in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. While the name implies a location within the city of Paderborn ...

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 (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.

Education

Paderborn was once the oldest academic site in Westphalia. In 1614, the

University of Paderborn Paderborn University (german: Universität Paderborn) is one of the fourteen public research universities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was founded in 1972 and 20,308 students were enrolled at the university in the winter ...

was founded by the

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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 Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and private academic institutes in Paderborn. There are a number of grammar schools in the city, the most prominent of which are the Theodorianum and St. Michael Gymnasium, 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

and mainly educated children of British military personnel and the garrison's employees until its closure in 2019.

Notable people

Heinrich Aldegrever Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf (1502–1555, 1558 or 1561) was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer. Biography Pain ...

(1502–1558?), painter and engraver. *

Carl Ferdinand Fabritius Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637 – 21 January 1673) was a painter in the Bishopric of Paderborn (German: ''Fürstbistum Paderborn''). Paderborn prince-bishop (German: ''Fürstbischof'') Ferdinand of Fürstenberg commissioned Fabritius ...

(1637–1673), painter *

Franz Anton Cramer Franz Anton Cramer (1776 in Paderborn; † May 9, 1829 in Paderborn) was a German court apothecary in Paderborn. Cramer’sche Hofapotheke is the later Adlerapotheke at the Paderborn market. His generous support enabled Friedrich Serturner to disc ...

(1776–1829), apothecary, supported the discovery of morphine *

Sophie Schröder Sophie Antonie Luise Schröder (née Bürger) (1 March 1781 - 25 February 1868) was a German actress. She was born at Paderborn, the daughter of an actor, Gottfried Bürger. She made her first appearance in opera at St Petersburg, in 1793. On ...

(1781–1868), singer and actress. *

(1783–1841), pharmacist, first to isolate morphine from opium *

Joseph Hermann Schmidt Joseph Hermann Schmidt (14 June 1804 – 15 May 1852) was professor of obstetrics in Berlin, and official of the Prussian cultural ministry. Biography He was born in 1804. In 1834 he became head of the Paderborn general hospital and eventually ...

(1804–1852), physician, director, Charité Birth Department, Berlin *

George Henry Backhaus George Henry Backhaus (15 February 1811 – 7 September 1882) was a German-born Catholic priest in Australia. Backhaus was born in Paderborn and was one of nine children of a boot merchant. He studied with distinction in Paderborn, going f ...

(1811–1882), Catholic priest * Franz von Löher (1818–1892), politician, jurist and historian *

Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix (* 17 September 1821,Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenban(in German)/ref> Büren, Westphalia, Büren near Paderborn;BIORAB Kaiserreich-Onlin(in German)/ref> † 18 July 1891 at Reckenberg Castle, in ...

(1821–1891), owner of the estate, judge and member of the German Reichstag *

Julius von Ficker Julius von Ficker, or Johann Kaspar Julius Ficker von Feldhaus (30 April 1826 – 10 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic German historian. In 1898 he was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts.Joseph F. Rigge Joseph F. Rigge, Society of Jesus, S.J. (July 5, 1842 - April 17, 1913) was the first president of Marquette College (now Marquette University) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Early life Joseph Frigge was born in Paderborn, Province of Westphalia, Westph ...

(1842–1913), the first president of Marquette College (now

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

) * Aloys Loeher (1850–1904), American sculptor, exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition *

Karl von Plettenberg Karl Freiherr von Plettenberg (18 December 1852, in Neuhaus – 10 February 1938, in Bückeburg) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was Commandant-General of the Guards Corps, Adjutant General of the Ge ...

(1852–1938), Prussian officer and later

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during

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* Clemens Baeumker (1853–1924), Catholic philosopher and philosophy historian *

Augustus F. Fechteler Augustus Francis Fechteler (1 September 1857 – 26 May 1921) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during World War I. He had two sons also served in the Navy, Admiral William Fechteler was Chief of Naval Operations and Lieutenant Frank C ...

(1857–1921), Rear Admiral of the

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during

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Ella Bergmann-Michel Ella Bergmann-Michel (20 October 1896 – 8 August 1971) was a German abstract artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker. An early student of constructivist art in Germany, her contributions to modern abstract art are often forgotten in Am ...

(1895–1971), painter, photographer and documentary filmmaker *

Gustav Simon Gustav Simon (2 August 1900– 18 December 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Moselland from 1931 to 1945 and, from 1940 until 1942, as Chief of Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg. Early years Gustav ...

(1900–1945), Nazi

Gauleiter A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a '' Gau'' or '' Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest rank in the Nazi political leadership, subordinate only to '' Reichsleiter'' and to ...

in the Moselland Gau from 1940 until 1944 and Chief of the Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg, died here * Josef Wirmer (1901–1944), jurist and resistance fighter against National Socialism *

Friedrich Wilhelm Christians Friedrich Wilhelm Christians (1 May 1922 – 24 May 2004) was a German banker, who was co-head of Deutsche Bank and president of the Association of German Banks. He studied law and joined one of the predecessor companies of Deutsche Bank in 1951. ...

(1922–2004), banker * Heinz Nixdorf (1925–1986), computer pioneer, entrepreneur and founder of

Walter Salmen Walter Salmen (20 September 1926 in Paderborn – 2 February 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German musicologist and university lecturer. Salmen taught from 1958 to 1992 as a professor of musicology at the Saarland University and the Univers ...

(1926–2013), musicologist *

Werner Franke Werner Wilhelm Franke (31 January 1940 – 14 November 2022) was a German biologist and a professor of cell and molecular biology at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. He was an anti-doping pioneer in Germany. Life Franke was bo ...

(1940–2022), professor of cell and molecular biology * Ulrich Vogt (born 1941), teacher and non-fiction author *

Mechtild Rothe Mechtild Rothe (born 10 August 1947 in Paderborn, Germany) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 until 2009. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group. Du ...

(born 1947), politician (SPD) and member of the

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Franz-Josef Bode Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (16 February 1951) is German prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany, since 1995. He has been a bishop since 1991 and Deputy Chairman of the German Bishops Conference since 2017. Within th ...

(born 1951), bishop of the Roman Catholic

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since 1995 *

Rüdiger Hoffmann Rüdiger Hoffmann (born March 30, 1964, in Paderborn) is a German comedian. Life Hoffmann works as comedian on German television. Comedian Works by Hoffmann * 1995: Der Hauptgewinner * 1997: Es ist furchtbar aber es geht (with Jürgen Beck ...

(born 1964), cabaret artist and musician *

Bernd Hüttemann Bernd Hüttemann (born December 8, 1970, in Paderborn) has been serving as Secretary-General of the European Movement Germany since 2003. Hüttemann is also a European policy advisor to the German Catholic Bishops' Conference and a lecturer at th ...

(born 1970), Vice President of the

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and Secretary General of the

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* Stefan Gödde (born 1975), television presenter, radio presenter and reporter *

Judith Rakers Judith Deborah Rakers (born 6 January 1976) is a German journalist and television presenter. Biography Rakers was born in Paderborn, West Germany, and grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. After graduating at Pelizaeus-Gymna ...

(born 1976), journalist and television supporter (ARD) *

Carsten Linnemann Carsten Christoffer Linnemann (born 10 August 1977) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2009 German federal ele ...

(born 1977), economist and politician (CDU), member of the

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Sport

Klaus Ehl Klaus Ehl (born 16 August 1949 in Paderborn) is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Biography Born in Paderborn, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre r ...

(born 1949), athlete (sprinter) * Andreas Fischer (born 1964), footballer * Hans-Günther Vosseler (born 1949), swimmer *

Günter Kutowski Günter Kutowski (born 2 August 1965) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Paderborn, Kutowski joined Borussia Dortmund in 1984 at the age of 19, arriving from local amateurs 1. FC Paderborn. He m ...

(born 1965), footballer *

Martin Driller Martin Driller (born 2 January 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. Honours Borussia Dortmund * DFL-Supercup: 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a ...

(born 1970), footballer * Reiner Plaßhenrich (born 1976), football player and coach *

Jasmin Duehring Jasmin Duehring (née Glaesser; born July 8, 1992) is a German-born Canadian Bicycle racing, cyclist, who currently rides for American amateur team . Duehring was part of the Canadian team that won bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and th ...

(born 1992), Canadian cyclist * Alexander Nübel (born 1996), footballer *

Tolgay Ali Arslan Tolgay Ali Arslan (; born August 16, 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Udinese. Born in Germany, he has Turkish ancestry. He represented both Germany and Turkey internationally at youth level. Club career E ...

(born 1990), footballer

References

External links

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Paderborn region website
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Ordinances of the "Fürstbistum Paderborn" online
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Homepage of the annual RoboCup competition
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University of Paderborn
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Basketball: Paderborn Baskets
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Introduction to the History of Paderborn
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