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Lünen

Lünen

Lünen 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 was built to provide electric power to the city. Lünen is the first city in the world to receive electricity via public utility companies that is generated on the base of animal waste.[2] The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, supplying 26,000 homes with heat and electricity.[3]

Lünen
Coat of arms of Lünen
Coat of arms
Location of Lünen within Unna district
Lünen in UN.svg
Lünen is located in Germany
Lünen
Lünen
Lünen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Lünen
Lünen
Coordinates:51°37′N 7°31′E [4]
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictUnna
Subdivisions14 Stadtteile
Government
 • MayorJürgen Kleine-Frauns (GfL)
Area
 • Total59.18 km2(22.85 sq mi)
Elevation
58 m (190 ft)
Population
(2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total86,449
 • Density1,500/km2(3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
44532, 44534, 44536
Dialling codes02306, 0231
Vehicle registrationUN, LÜN
Websitewww.luenen.de [5]

Personalities

Berlin 1966: Hans Scharoun (right), Otto Nagel (left)

Berlin 1966: Hans Scharoun (right), Otto Nagel (left)

  • Clara Vogedes (1892–1983), artist

  • 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, Hardehausen Abbey

  • Dieter Zorc (1939–2007), footballer, father of the footballer Michael Zorc

  • Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (1938–2012), football player and coach

  • Michael Mendl (born 1944), actor

  • Jens Beutel (1946–2019), SPD politician, 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

Saint George's Church

Saint George's Church

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:

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x|England|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Swinton and Pendlebury, Salford, England

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x|Poland|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Kamień Pomorski, Poland

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x|Netherlands|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Zwolle, Netherlands

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x|Lithuania|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Panevėžys, Lithuania

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x|Turkey|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Bartin, Turkey

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x|Germany|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.landesdatenbank.nrw.de"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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Citation Linkwww.theguardian.comPoo power to the people – The Guardian
Sep 29, 2019, 7:01 PM
[3]
Citation Linkwww.bsdlive.co.uk"German city uses waste to generate green energy". BSDLive. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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[4]
Citation Linktools.wmflabs.org51°37′N 7°31′E
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[5]
Citation Linkwww.luenen.dewww.luenen.de
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[6]
Citation Linkwww.landesdatenbank.nrw.de"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018"
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Citation Linkwww.theguardian.comPoo power to the people – The Guardian
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Citation Linkwww.bsdlive.co.uk"German city uses waste to generate green energy"
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