Paderborn Rural District

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Paderborn
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting the district of Paderborn
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Detmold
District seat	Paderborn
Area	1,245.27 km²
Population	299,127 (31/12/2006)
Pop. density	240 /km²
Licence plate code	PB
Web page	http://www.kreis-paderborn.de/

Paderborn (IPA: [paːdɐˈbɔʁn]) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 History
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 Other websites

[change] History

Paderborn became a part of Prussia in 1802. After the Napoleonic wars when Prussia created the province Westphalia it split Paderborn into two districts - Paderborn and Büren. In 1975 these two districts were joined together again to make the current Paderborn district.

[change] Coat of arms

The red cross in the top of the coat of arms symbolizes the clerical state Paderborn. The wavy line below stands for the rivers in the district, especially the Lippe River. The symbol in bottom is from the Lords of Büren.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Cities		Municipalities
Bad Lippspringe Bad Wünnenberg Büren Delbrück	Lichtenau Paderborn Salzkotten	Altenbeken Borchen Hövelhof

[change] Other websites

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Paderborn (district)

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
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Rural Districts	Aachen • Borken • Coesfeld • Düren • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis • Euskirchen • Gütersloh • Heinsberg • Herford • Hochsauerland • Höxter • Kleve • Lippe • Märkischer Kreis • Mettmann • Minden-Lübbecke • Oberbergischer Kreis • Olpe • Paderborn • Recklinghausen • Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Rhein-Erft-Kreis • Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Rhein-Sieg-Kreis • Siegen-Wittgenstein • Soest • Steinfurt • Unna • Viersen • Warendorf • Wesel