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Leuna
Coat of arms of Leuna
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Saalekreis
Municipal assoc. Leuna-Kötzschau
Elevation
99 m (325 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 14,011
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
06237
Dialling codes 03461
Vehicle registration SK
Website www.leuna-stadt.de

Leuna is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, on the river Saale.

The town is known for the Leunawerke, at 13 km2 one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany, where a very wide range of chemicals and plastics is produced.

In 1960, Leuna's population was nearly 10,000, but after reunification high unemployment rates and poor living conditions, including pollution from nearby industries, caused significant outward migration. Before the 31 December 2009 incorporation of ten neighbouring municipalities, its population had declined to 6,670.

Geography

The town Leuna consists of Leuna proper and the following 10 Ortschaften or municipal divisions:

  • Friedensdorf
  • Günthersdorf
  • Horburg-Maßlau
  • Kötschlitz
  • Kötzschau
  • Kreypau
  • Rodden
  • Spergau
  • Zöschen
  • Zweimen

Economy

Industrie- und Chemiepark Infraleuna Leuna Total Raffinerie ehem Leunawerke Sachsen-Anhalt Foto 2009 Wolfgang Pehlemann DSCN2964
Leuna Chemical and industrial neighborhood (2007)

Leuna's industrial site stretches over 13 km², making it one of the largest chemical industry sites in Germany in terms of geographical area. At the beginning of the 21st century, a wide range of chemical products and plastics are made there. A pilot plant to produce isobutylene from vegetal stock is being built by the French company Global Bioenergies and should start during 2016.

Bad Duerrenberg Saale Leuna
View from Bad Dürrenberg

Notable people

Christian August Crusius
Christian August Crusius in 1747
  • Christian August Crusius (1715–1775), philosopher and evangelical theologian
  • Wolfram Adolphi (born 1951), journalist and political scientist
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