Leverkusen is a city situated in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. It shares borders with Cologne to the south and Düsseldorf, the state capital, to the north. Leverkusen is part of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, a significant urban area in Europe.
In 1912, the Bayer company moved its headquarters to Wiesdorf.
In 1930, Quettingen and Lützenkirchen were included to Opladen.
In 1930, the city of Leverkusen was founded by merging Wiesdorf, Schlebusch, Steinbüchel and Rheindorf and was posthumously named for Carl Leverkus.
On 22 August 1943, the IG Farben factories were bombed by the RAF.
In December 1943, the IG Farben factories were bombed by the USAAF Eighth Air Force on 1 December and again by the RAF on 10/11 December.
In 1975, Opladen (including Quettingen and Lützenkirchen since 1930), Hitdorf and Bergisch Neukirchen joined Leverkusen.
The Ostermann-Arena was one of the host arenas for the FIBA EuroBasket 1985 (the official European Basketball Championship).
In 2015, Uwe Richrath of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected mayor of Leverkusen.
As of 2019, the basketball team Bayer Giants Leverkusen plays in the German ProA league and plays its home games in the Ostermann-Arena.
On 13 September 2020, the mayoral election was held. A runoff was held on 27 September.
On 27 July 2021, an explosion at the Chempark site in the city killed 7 people and injured 31 others.
In the 2023–24 season, the football team Bayer Leverkusen won its first Bundesliga title.
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