page_title: Paderborn
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Paderborn / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blick vom Eggeturm auf der Preuß. Velmerstot nach Süden über den Kamm des Eggegebirges. Links im Hintergrund der Habichtswald bei Kassel.
context_page_description: Paderborn is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and "born", an old German term for the source of a river. The river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.
context_section_description: 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 the city.
caption: Eggegebirge
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