Leverkusen

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Leverkusen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Leverkusen
Leverkusen (Germany)
Leverkusen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Urban district
Mayor Ernst Küchler (SPD)
Governing parties CDU / SPD / Bürgerliste
Basic statistics
Area 78.85 km² (30.4 sq mi)
Elevation 60 m  (197 ft)
Population 161,336  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 2,046 /km² (5,299 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LEV
Area codes 0214, 02171 & 02173
Website www.leverkusen.de

Coordinates: 51°02′0″N 06°59′0″E / 51.03333, 6.98333

Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine, half way between Cologne and Düsseldorf. Population: 161,342 (2005). The city of Leverkusen is a product of economic growth in the Rhine-Ruhr region. It was rural area until the late 19th century. The present city is made up of several villages, originally called Wiesdorf, Opladen, Schlebusch, Lützenkirchen, Steinbüchel, Rheindorf and Bergisch-Neukirchen. Wiesdorf, dating back to the 12th century, was chosen by the apothecary Carl Leverkus for establishing a dye factory in 1860. The factory was taken over by the Bayer company in 1891. The company moved its office to Wiesdorf in 1912, turning the town into the centre of German chemical industry.

Leverkusen was founded in 1930 by merging the above mentioned villages, that had become towns in the meantime. Today the town is home of the football club Bayer Leverkusen.


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[edit] Main sights and places of interest

Morsbroich Castle.
Morsbroich Castle.


[edit] Twinned cities

Leverkusen is twinned with several cities across Europe and throughout the rest of the world. These include:


[edit] Notable people

[edit] References

  1. ^ Profit Over Life | The Nuremberg Pharma Tribunal | www.pharma-over-life.org

[edit] Literature

  • Blaschke, Stefan (1999). Unternehmen und Gemeinde: Das Bayerwerk im Raum Leverkusen 1891-1914. Cologne: SH-Verlag, ISBN 3-89498-068-0

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