Position of Paderborn in Germany 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. The Pader 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. (http://www.scpaderborn07.de)
Paderborn has the biggest computer museum of the world, the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum [1] (http://www.hnf.de).
Every year, Paderborn hosts the German Open of Robo-soccer.
The tree Irminsul was supposedly located near Paderborn.
St. Liborius is celebrated every year in Paderborn with the Liborifest in July, although the ensuing festivities have little to do with the saint himself.
The local baseball team "Paderborn Untouchables" have won countless German championships.
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