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Paderborn

American

[pah-der-bawrn] / ˈpɑ dərˌbɔrn /

noun

a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.

Paderborn British

/ paːdərˈbɔrn /

noun

a market town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: scene of the meeting between Charlemagne and Pope Leo III (799 _ad ) that led to the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire. Pop: 141 800 (2003 est)

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Karla Bredenbals, the boss of the Caritas workshops in Paderborn, agrees that the rate of transition to the mainstream economy is too low.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Katrice Lee vanished on her second birthday near a British military base in Paderborn, Germany, in 1981.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024

"Homodyne detection is a method frequently used in quantum optics to investigate the wave-like nature of optical quantum states," explains Timon Schapeler from the Paderborn "Mesoscopic Quantum Optics" working group at the Department of Physics.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024

The remaining four games in the round of 16 are Wednesday as Stuttgart hosts Borussia Dortmund and league leader Bayer Leverkusen hosts second-division Paderborn.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

He retreated to Paderborn, received reinforcements, and was enabled to venture a second battle, in which he was victorious.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

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