Lünen

Politics

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:

City council

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:

Twin towns - sister cities

Lünen is twinned with:

• Bartın, Turkey
• Demmin, Germany
• Kamień Pomorski, Poland
• Panevėžys, Lithuania
• Salford, England, United Kingdom
• Zwolle, Netherlands

Notable people

• Jens Beutel (1946–2019), SPD politician, mayor of Mainz 1997–2011
• Markus Brzenska (born 1984), footballer
• Karl-Heinz Granitza (born 1951), footballer
• Björn Höcke (born 1972), AfD politician, Member of Landtag in Thuringia
• Theodor Kleine (1924–2014), sprint canoer, Olympic medalist
• Friedhelm Konietzka (1938–2012), football player and coach
• Wilhelm Kuhne (born 1926), priest (Monsignore) and former rector of the Hardehausen Abbey
• Michael Mendl (born 1944), actor
• Max Raabe (born 1962), singer and conductor of the Palast Orchester in Berlin
• Berndt Röder (born 1948), CDU politician, former president of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft
• Rollergirl (born 1975), singer
• Rüdiger Sagel (born 1955), politician Alliance 90/The Greens, later The Left, Member of Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia 1998–2012
• Max Simon (1899–1961), SS officer and war criminal
• Andreas Thiel (born 1960), handball player
• Eckhart Tolle (born 1948), spiritual teacher and author
• Clara Vogedes (1892–1983), artist
• Ernst Waldschmidt (1897–1985), orientalist and indologist
• Wolfgang Wendland (born 1962), singer, politician of the Pogo party
• Dieter Zorc (1939–2007), footballer