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4 Paderborn has numerous places of interest. The inner city itself has more than 20 historical buil- dings. Get to know the most important ones by following the route suggested here; this walk takes approximately one and a half to two hours. For more details on Paderborn?s places of interest turn to pages 6 and 7. The numbers refer to the inner city map at the back of the bro- chure. You will find the same numbers on the boards of the information and guide system for pedestrians in the town centre. Your walk starts where the town?s history itself began: at the (1) Karolingischen Königspfalz (Carolingian Royal Palace) the place where, in the year 777, Charlemagne held the first Franconian Imperial Assembly on Saxon ground. Only the foun- dation walls of the palace?s for- mer hall are still visible. Behind it stands the reconstructed Ottonian Royal Palace dating from the 11th/12th centuries, which houses the Imperial Palace museum. The acoustic within the Chapel of St. Bartholomew is extraordi- nary. Enter the (2) Dom (Cathedral), 11th ?16th century, by the northern portal, known as the Red Portal. The door to the left of the chancel (the so-called Hasenkamp) leads you into the cloister. This is where you will find the Drei-Hasen-Fenster (Three Hares? Window), one of Paderborn?s emblems. If you leave the cathedral via the Paradise Portal on the south A short walk through the town after you have visited the crypt, immediately on your right you can see the Diocesan Museum. Opposite, on the other side of the market square is the medie- val (3) Gaukirche (Gau Church). If you now walk past Neptune?s Fountain heading slightly to the right through a narrow alleyway (Schildern), you will come to the magnificent (4) Rathaus (Town Hall). Directly in front of the Town Hall there is still one of the three old wells from which the people of Paderborn used to draw water. The Square in front of the Town Hall leads directly onto the Marienplatz where you will find the Tourist Information Centre and next to that the (5) Heisingsche Haus (Heising House). Continue past the Mariensäule (Column of the Virgin Mary) built in 1861 and after crossing the road ?Am Abdinghof? you reach the (6) Abdinghofkirche (Abdinghof Church) with its twin Romanesque towers. The mighty cathedral towerzurück zum Anfang von "City_Guide"