Lünen is a town with around 86,000 inhabitants 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.

Culture and main sights

Structure Museum Theatre

Politics

The current mayor of Lünen is independent politician Jürgen Kleine-Frauns since 2015; he was originally elected as a member of Together for Lünen (German: Gemeinsam für Lünen = GFL), but later left the party. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 26,596 ! 97.7 ! 20,106 ! 98.9 ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 641 ! 2.3 ! 215 ! 1.1 ! colspan=3| Total ! 27,237 ! 100.0 ! 20,321 ! 100.0 ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 66,291 ! 41.1 ! 66,247 ! 30.7

City council

The Lünen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 26,730 ! 98.2 ! ! ! ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 480 ! 1.8 ! ! ! ! colspan=2| Total ! 27,210 ! 100.0 ! ! 56 ! 2 ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 66,291 ! 41.1 ! 3.4 ! !

Twin towns - sister cities

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Notable people