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Leverkusen
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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. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 429 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk) these consist Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress This is a list of political parties in Germany. Germany has a Multi-party system with two large parties three substantial smaller parties and a number of minor The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 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. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine, half way between Cologne and Düsseldorf. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 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. Opladen, now a suburb of Leverkusen, used to be the capital of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis (Rhine-Wupper-District up to 1975 Schlebusch is a surname of German origin It is derived from the German word for a thorn bush Wiesdorf, dating back to the 12th century, was chosen by the apothecary Carl Leverkus for establishing a dye factory in 1860. A dye can generally be described as a Colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The factory was taken over by the Bayer company in 1891. For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The company moved its office to Wiesdorf in 1912, turning the town into the centre of German chemical industry. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals

Leverkusen was founded in 1930 by merging the above mentioned villages, that had become towns in the meantime. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Today the town is home of the football club Bayer Leverkusen. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Below is a list of football clubs in Germany. It contains all clubs that have played in the Bundesliga, 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia.


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Main sights and places of interest

Morsbroich Castle.
Morsbroich Castle.


Twinned cities

Leverkusen is twinned with several cities across Europe and throughout the rest of the world. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge These include:


Notable people

References

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

Literature

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