Paderborn: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Paderborn. Geographical location 51° 43' North, 8° 45' East, population approx. 144,000, of which approx. 8% are students at the local university and about 10.000 are members or former members of the British Armed Forces.

The name of the city derives from the fact that the river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near the cathedral of Paderborn where St. Liborius is buried. It is Germany's shortest river. See also Rivers of Germany.

It is the headquarters of the former Nixdorf computer company, bought by Siemens in the early 1990s and known as Siemens-Nixdorf for about 10 years.

Paderborn is also home of the beer "Paderborner Pilsener" and home of the 3rd division soccer club SC Paderborn 07.

In Paderborn the biggest computer museum of the world, the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum is located.

Every year in Paderborn the German Open of Robo-soccer are held.

The tree Irminsul was located not far from Paderborn.