Lünen
Lünen | |
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 View with the bridge on the River Lippe | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lünen within Unna district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Unna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans Wilhelm Stodollick (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.18 km2 (22.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 87,266 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 44532, 44534, 44536 |
| Dialling codes | 02306, 0231 |
| Vehicle registration | UN, LÜN |
| Website | www.luenen.de |
Lünen or Luenen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund, on both banks of the River Lippe. It is the largest town of the Unna district and part of the Ruhr Area.
In 2009 a biogas plant has been built to provide electric power to the city. Lünen is the first city in the world receiving electricity via public utility companies that is generated on the base of animal waste.[2] The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, to supply 26,000 homes with heat and electricity.[3]
Personalities
- Hans Scharoun, (1893-1972), architect
- Ernst Waldschmidt, (1897-1985), Orientalist and Indologist
- Max Simon, (1899-1961), SS officer and war criminal
- Walter Behrendt, (1914-1997), chairman of the regional Socialist Youth for this town
- Theo Kleine (1924-2014), silver medal winners together with Fritz Briel in the double kayak over 10.000 m at the Olympic Games 1956 in Melbourne
- Wilhelm Kuhne (born 1926), priest (Monsignore) and former rector of the Landvolkshochschule monastery Hardehausen
- Timo (Konietzka) (1938-2012), football player and coach
- Dieter Zorc (1939-2007), footballer, father of the footballer Michael Zorc
- Friedhelm Konietzka, (1938-2012), football player
- Michael Mendl (born 1944), actor
- Jens Beutel (born 1946), SPD politician, Lord Mayor of Mainz 1997-2011
- Eckhart Tolle, (born 1948), spiritual teacher and author
- Berndt Röder (born 1948), CDU politician, former president of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft
- Karl-Heinz Granitza (born 1951), footballer
- Rüdiger Sagel (born 1955), politician Alliance '90/The Greens, later The Left, Member of Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia 1998-2012
- Thomas Koch (born 1958), screenwriter
- Andreas Thiel (born 1960), handball goalkeeper
- Wolfgang Wendland (born 1962), singer of the punk band Die Kassierer, politician of the Pogo party
- Max Raabe (born 1962), singer and conductor of the Palast Orchester in Berlin
- Björn Höcke (born 1972), AfD politician, Member of Landtag in Thuringia
- Nicole Safft (born 1975), singer, artist name Rollergirl
- Markus Brzenska (born 1984), football player
Culture and main sights
Structure
- Saint George's Church
- Saint Mary's Church
- Chateau of Schwansbell
- Colani-UFO
- Freiherr-vom-Stein School
- Town hall of Lünen
- Geschwister-Scholl School
- Industrial Monument "Moor Crane"
Museum
- Museum of the town Lünen
- Mining Museum in Lünen South
- Mining residential Museum in Lünen Brambauer
Theatre
- Heinz-Hilpert theater
Twin towns
Lünen is twinned with:
Swinton and Pendlebury, Salford, England
Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Zwolle, Netherlands
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Bartin, Turkey
Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ Poo power to the people -- The Guardian
- ^ "German city uses waste to generate green energy". BSDLive. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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