Leverkusen Totally Explained

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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.

Main sights and places of interest

BayArena - Leverkusen's multifunctional football stadium
Bayer Cross Leverkusen - one of the largest illuminated advertisements in the world
Schloss-Morsbroich - moated castle in the baroque style
Water Tower Leverkusen-Bürrig - 72.45 metres high water reservoir containing an observation deck
Neuland Park - large park beside the Rhine

Twinned cities

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

Oulu, Finland, since 1968

Bracknell Forest, United Kingdom, since 1973

Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 1979

Nazareth-Illit, Israel, since 1980

Chinandega, Nicaragua, since 1986

Schwedt, Germany, since 1989

Racibórz, Poland, since 2002

Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, since 2005

Notable people

Jörg Bergmeister, racing driver

Bärbel Dieckmann, politician

Danny Ecker, athlete

Hans Kühne, plant manager of IG Farben's (Bayer) plant in Leverkusen during World War II, acquitted of crimes against humanity in the IG Farben Trial

Dietmar Mögenburg, athlete

Detlef Schrempf, former NBA basketball player

Felix Sturm, middleweight boxer

Wolf Vostell, painter

Werner Wenning, chairman of the board of Bayer AGFurther Information

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