Börnepader

The Pader springs are about 200 sources in the city of Paderborn. You rises the Pader, which is the shortest river in Germany with only four kilometers in length.

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Some of these are large karst springs. Pour together 3000-9000 liters of water per second (on average 5,000 l / s) and thus result in the strongest German headwaters. From the time the surface water seeps on the Paderborn plateau in the dens to the, it takes two to four days, until it reaches the sources in Paderborn (200 to 400 m / h).

Spring pool

In six walled spring pool flow the greatest river arms of Paderborn.

From the western Pader sources below the Pader mountain, spring in a city park, the dam Paderborn, in comparison to the other source arms about 6 ° C warmer Warm Pader and the Boerne Paderborn.

From the eastern sources close to the cathedral the hall Pader and the Rothobornpader spring ( under the building of the Municipal Library Wells the waters of the eyes source).

Further north, near the historic city walls, lies the source basin of the Maspernpader.

The Warm Pader, which was formerly called " wash Pader ", has over the other Paderborn resources a constant temperature of about 15 ° C. Its source is located, together with the origin of the dam Pader and Boerne Pader in a park at Paderborn mountain. It is the western of the three sources. The spring water of the warm Pader is always clear. On particularly cold days, frost it evaporated over the colder air. The spring pool was previously due to the higher temperature of the water is the preferred place for laundresses. Because today remember the set up in this area sculptures of washerwomen. The source of warm Pader is not a karst spring.

( Source of warm Paderborn 51 ° 43 ' 9 " N, 8 ° 45 ' 0" O51.7190644433248.7501275539398 )

Dam Paderborn

The source basin of the dam Paderborn is located between the warm and the Boerne Paderborn. Part of Boerne Pader opens into two arms in their spring pool. The name Pader dam goes back to the causeway between this Paderarm and warm Paderborn. Until about 1900, the name was " Kolkpader " more common, derived from a source cavity, the "blue Kolk " in the southwestern part of the source basin. This deep Quellkolk has now been filled, but the exit point is still recognizable.

(Source of the dam Paderborn 51 ° 43 ' 8 " N, 8 ° 45 ' 2" O51.7189232006078.7505352497101 )

Boerne Pader

The origin of Boerne Pader is to the right of the other two sources at the city administration. The three source arms come together at the end of the park. Boerne Pader freely translated means " potions Pader ". At this shallow spring pool the cattle were in a time when many were still living farming community in the city, driven to drink. 1532, the City of Boerne at the Pader build a " water art". The water power was transmitted through a water wheel to a piston pump, the transported via a pipeline system water artificially Kümpe the higher parts of the city ..

(Source of Boerne Paderborn 51 ° 43 '6 " N, 8 ° 45 ' 6" O51.7184030912718.7515732645988 )

Rothobornpader

The spring pool of Rothobornpader is located southwest of the city library near the cathedral. In this walled pool opens the source and the eyes Rothoborn, a very strong source of running today in the basement of the Imperial Palace. It has its name from the blessing by Bishop Rotho (1036-1051) whereby the source of the legend is said to have acquired after a healing power. Other sources are located in the basements of neighboring houses.

( Source of Rothobornpader 51 ° 43 '11 " N, 8 ° 45' 16" O51.7196460263328.7543842196465 )

Hall Pader

Their flat source is located east of the town library. The name derives from the hallway Pader previous routes ratios in this source range from. Before the construction of today's road " on the boards " handed the Paderarm to almost approached the houses. The required driving and walk consisted of only one layer of boards resting on the pile-driven into the river bottom piles.

(Source of the hallway Paderborn 51 ° 43 ' 12 " N, 8 ° 45' 20" O51.7199118903598.7556448578835 )

Maspernpader

The source of Maspernpader is located a bit off the other sources close to the historic city wall. Your name goes back to an already mentioned in 1036 as "villa Aspethera ", an open settlement in the " aspen grove ", which was included in 1200 in the expanding city. This developed into " in Aspern ", " Maspern ".

( Source of Maspernpader 51 ° 43 ' 20 " N, 8 ° 45 ' 7 " O51.7222829960068.7518334388733 )

Eye source

The eyes Pader springs under the building of the city library. It is a small, inconspicuous source that is constantly relatively clean and in their chemistry shows little variation. The water had been previously used to like " eye wash ", where the people featured on the stepping stone lying in the water. The eyes source is the smallest of the Pader springs and flows into the reservoir of Rothobornpader ..

( Exit the eye source 51 ° 43 '11 " N, 8 ° 45' 18" O51.7196526729528.7550386786461 )