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. The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, supplying 26,000 homes with heat and electricity.Personalities
- Clara Vogedes, artist
- Hans Scharoun, architect
- Ernst Waldschmidt, Orientalist and Indologist
- Max Simon, SS officer and war criminal
- Walter Behrendt, chairman of the regional Socialist Youth for this town
- Theo Kleine, silver medal winners together with Fritz Briel in the double kayak over 10.000 m at the Olympic Games 1956 in Melbourne
- Wilhelm Kuhne, priest and former rector of the Landvolkshochschule, Hardehausen Abbey
- Dieter Zorc, footballer, father of the footballer Michael Zorc
- Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka, football player and coach
- Michael Mendl, actor
- Jens Beutel, SPD politician, mayor of Mainz 1997–2011
- Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher and author
- Berndt Röder, CDU politician, former president of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft
- Karl-Heinz Granitza, footballer
- Rüdiger Sagel, politician Alliance '90/The Greens, later The Left, Member of Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia 1998–2012
- Thomas Koch, screenwriter
- Andreas Thiel, handball goalkeeper
- Wolfgang Wendland, singer of the punk band Die Kassierer, politician of the Pogo party
- Max Raabe, singer and conductor of the Palast Orchester in Berlin
- Björn Höcke, AfD politician, Member of Landtag in Thuringia
- Nicole Safft, singer, artist name Rollergirl
- Markus Brzenska, 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
Lünen is twinned with:
