| Type: | Stadt |
| Image Coa: | DEU Luenen COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.6167°N 38°W |
| Image Plan: | Lünen in UN.svg |
| State: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Region: | Arnsberg |
| District: | Unna |
| Elevation: | 58 |
| Area: | 59.18 |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05978024 |
| Postal Code: | 44532, 44534, 44536 |
| Area Code: | 02306, 0231 |
| Licence: | UN, LÜN |
| Divisions: | 14 Stadtteile |
| Website: | www.luenen.de |
| Mayor: | Jürgen Kleine-Frauns[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
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.[2] The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, supplying 26,000 homes with heat and electricity.[3]
Structure
Museum
Theatre
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! %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Rainer Schmeltzer| align=left| Social Democratic Party| 10,864| 40.9| 9,824| 48.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Jürgen Kleine-Frauns| align=left| Independent| 9,767| 36.7| 10,282| 51.1|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Christoph Tölle| align=left| Christian Democratic Union| 4,341| 16.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Sascha Gottwald| align=left| Free Voters Lünen| 1,624| 6.1|-! 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|-| colspan=7| Source: City of Lünen (1st round, 2nd round)|}
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! +/-|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)| 9,066| 33.9| 7.0| 19| 3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| 5,895| 22.1| 2.5| 12| 1|-| | align=left| Together for Lünen (GFL)| 3,835| 14.4| 1.1| 8| 1|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| 3,690| 13.8| 6.4| 8| 4|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)| 1,816| 6.8| New| 4| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)| 922| 3.5| 0.7| 2| ±0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke)| 846| 3.2| 0.9| 2| ±0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Voters Lünen (FW Lünen)| 501| 1.9| New| 1| New|-| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey||-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent Fohrmeister| 85| 0.3| New| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent Rosenkranz| 85| 0.2| New| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent God| 19| 0.1| New| 0| New|-! 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! ! |-| colspan=7| Source: City of Lünen|}
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Lünen is twinned with:[4]
Bartın, Turkey
Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Panevėžys, Lithuania