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27-679: The Braid Burn is a burn or stream 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) in length that flows through south and east Edinburgh . The burn forms near Bonaly in the Pentland Hills south-west of the city, when the Bonaly and Howden burns that flow from the Pentlands meet. From there, it flows in a generally north-easterly direction, skirting the Braid Hills to the east and south, via the Braid Valley Park,

54-574: A Prince of the Empire in 1100. The bishop had several large buildings built, and the area became a place for the emperors to stay. The city was taken by Prussia in 1802, then by the French vassal state Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 and then returned to Prussia. Native Friedrich Sertürner , a pharmacist's apprentice in Paderborn, was the first to isolate morphine from opium in 1804. In 1914

81-610: Is "bourn", " bourne ", "borne", "born", which is retained in placenames like Bournemouth , King's Somborne , Holborn , Melbourne . A cognate in German is Born (contemp. Brunnen ), meaning "well", "spring" or "source", which is retained in placenames like Paderborn in Germany. Both the English and German words derive from the same Proto-Germanic root. Scots Gaelic has the word bùrn , also cognate, but which means " fresh water ";

108-793: Is a bus system served by the PaderSprinter for local buses and the Bahnbus Hochstift for regional buses. Paderborn was once the oldest academic site in Westphalia. In 1614, the University of Paderborn was founded by the Jesuits 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 and private academic institutes in Paderborn. There are

135-610: Is a regular stop for the InterCity on the Hamm–Warburg line and several local trains. The Paderborn Lippstadt Airport 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 ( ICAO : EDLR ) (site of the world gliding championships in 1981). In Paderborn there

162-583: Is designed to withstand 1 in 200 year event, and provides protection to around 900 properties. The burn is mentioned in Muriel Spark's famous novel of Edinburgh, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie , when Sandy and Miss Brodie meet after the war at the Braid Hills Hotel: 'They looked out of the wide windows at the little Braid Burn trickling through the fields and at the hills beyond, so austere from everlasting that they had never been capable of losing anything by

189-457: Is now known as Diebold Nixdorf , which is still located in Paderborn, but Siemens retains a considerable presence in the city. Many other information technology companies as well as industrial enterprises are located in Paderborn, too: Paderborn is also home of the " Paderborner " brewery , which has belonged to the Warsteiner group since 1990. Paderborn has the largest computer museum in

216-585: The Archdiocese of Paderborn based in the city cathedral, Paderborn has traditionally been a conservative Catholic city. In the Bundestag , it is located in the eponymous electoral district , which is a safe seat for CDU. Only twice ( 1949 and 2021 ) has CDU not received a majority of the district's votes, and from 1953 to 1987 always received at least 60% of the district's vote. In the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia ,

243-509: The British armed forces live within Westfalen Garrison , 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. Paderborn is the headquarters of the former Nixdorf Computer AG , which was acquired by Siemens in the early 1990s and known as Siemens-Nixdorf for about ten years. The company

270-671: The Hermitage of Braid , Blackford Glen, Cameron Toll and Inch Park. On reaching Peffermill it is joined by the Jordan Burn , and at Duddingston its name changes to the Figgate Burn . It flows on to enter the Firth of Forth at Portobello . The area of the basin drained by the burn and its tributaries amounts to 30.5 square kilometres (11.8 sq mi). The burn rises quickly after rain, and can become very large when in spate. 80 per cent of

297-576: The Sennelager Training Area . On May 20, 2022, Paderborn was hit by a damaging tornado , leaving 38 injured & considerable damage along its path. Paderborn is situated at the source of the river Pader , approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Lippstadt and approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Bielefeld on the Pader. The hills of the Eggegebirge are located east of

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324-466: 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

351-513: The Bundesliga for the first time. After their 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 the 2. Bundesliga. 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

378-695: The Paderborn Dolphins, has also enjoyed considerable success. In 2006 the Paderborn Baskets , the home basketball team of the city was promoted to the Bundesliga . In the past, the Paderborn Baskets played multiple seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga . They reached the playoffs in the 2008–09 season. Recently Rugby Club Paderborn e.V. have had a great run in Regionalliga NRW and are on

405-593: The Paderborn military camp was turned into a prisoner of war camp named Sennelager . In 1930, the See of Paderborn was promoted to archdiocese . During World War II , 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 31 March – 1 April 1945, in which tanks and flamethrowers were used during combined mechanized-infantry assaults against

432-589: The actual Gaelic for a "burn" is allt (sometimes anglicised as "ault" or "auld" in placenames.) Paderborn Paderborn ranks 55th on the List of cities in Germany by population . Paderborn was founded as a bishopric by Charlemagne in 795, although its official history began in 777 when Charlemagne built a castle near the Paderborn springs. In 799 Pope Leo III fled his enemies in Rome and reached Paderborn, where he met Charlemagne, and stayed there for three months. It

459-505: The burn. The burn has a history of flooding, and major events occurred on 3 January 1982, 28 May 1983, 3 November 1984, 6 October 1990, 7 October 1993, 26–27 April 2000, 7–8 November 2000, and in October 2002. After the flooding in 2000, the City of Edinburgh Council elected to install a flood prevention scheme along much of the stream's length. Walls and embankments were constructed at points along

486-596: The catchment area of the burn is in the lower urban section, the other portion being south of the Edinburgh City Bypass . The burn flows through part of its course in a gorge cut by glacial meltwater that exposed a weakness in the rock. Prior to this, the burn took a more southerly course around Blackford Hill . The gorge also prevented the building of houses along parts of the course, so the burn flows for several miles through parkland. The burn contains small trout and bullhead , and otters are occasionally seen in

513-530: The city currently located in the district Paderborn II, which also has a strong CDU lean. At local level, the city has always elected CDU mayors since 1946. Until 2009, the CDU held an absolute majority on the city council, and as late as 1979 received over 60% of the vote in the city. The current mayor of Paderborn is Michael Dreier of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election

540-475: 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

567-483: The city. Paderborn is 104 kilometres (65 mi) east of Dortmund and the Ruhr region. To the north-west, Hannover is 115 kilometres (71 mi) away. The city of Paderborn consists of the following Stadtteile (city sections): 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

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594-419: The length of the burn, and new culverts and bridges were installed, and alterations to upstream reservoirs in the Pentland Hills were carried out. Parks and golf courses were modified to store water in the event of a flood. The scheme was completed in 2010 at a construction cost of £28.7 million , an increase from the estimated cost of £22 million . The total cost of the scheme was £43 million . The scheme

621-426: The verge of being promoted to the next league. SC Paderborn 07 is the most successful football club in Paderborn. They were promoted to the Bundesliga , Germany's top flight, in 2019 but were relegated back to the 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,

648-502: The war.' 55°56′26″N 3°07′53″W  /  55.9405°N 3.13128°W  / 55.9405; -3.13128 Burn (landform) In local usage, a burn is a kind of watercourse . The term applies to a large stream or a small river . The word is used in Scotland and England (especially North East England ) and in parts of Ulster , Kansas , Australia and New Zealand . The cognate of burn in standard English

675-832: The world, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum , opened in 1996. From 2001 to 2005, it hosted the RoboCup German Open  [ de ] . The town supports the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie for regular symphony concerts in the Paderhalle. The city is currently known for its exhibitions in three museums: the Kaiserpfalz , The Diocesan Museum and the Art Museum - Städtische Galerie. The city also has some natural tourist attractions within and around it. With

702-584: 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 Holy Roman Emperor by Leo in return. In 836, St. Liborius became the patron saint of Paderborn after his bones were moved there from Le Mans by Bishop Badurad. St. Liborius is commemorated in Paderborn every year in July with the Liborifest. The bishop of Paderborn , Meinwerk, became

729-569: Was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: 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: Paderborn is twinned with: Paderborn is nationally known as a center for American Sports. The local baseball team, the Paderborn Untouchables , has won many German championships. The local American Football team,

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