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Bartholomäuskapelle
City hall
Liborius fountain in Kamp
WesternstraßeGermany’s Shortest River
Germany’s shortest river, the Pader, has a total length of 4 kms from the springs to the point where it flows into the Lippe.
The peculiarity is that the Pader is born a river. It does not grow from little streams becoming bigger streams, then a tiny river, etc. The springs in the centre of Paderborn are so strong and produce so much water that it has the size of a river from the beginning.
After a few hundred metres the current is already strong enough to drive several water mills. The most romantic spot is to be found at Inselspitz where the two main branches, Rothobornpader and Dielenpader, meet. A footpath leads across wooden bridges close to a big old mill wheel.
