Leverkusen Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a relatively young city; its history is strongly linked to the growth of the Bayer chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Until the mid-19th century, there were some smaller settlements, including today's boroughs Opladen or Schlebusch, but no city of Leverkusen as such. In 1861, the chemist Carl Leverkus (1804–1889) founded his synthetic ultramarine factory near the village of Wiesdorf. His workers' settlement was namedLeverkusenafter its founder. In 1891, the paint and pharmaceutical companyBayer AG, which was founded inWuppertal-Barmen, moved their production to Leverkusen. In the 20th-century, there was a constant influx of workers and their families to Leverkusen and the surrounding settlements to work at the ever-growing Bayer plants. In 1920, Wiesdorf was granted a city c
Top Attractions in Leverkusen
Explore the best things to see and do in Leverkusen:
- ★Bayer-Kreuz
- ★Japanese Garden
- ★Morsbroich Museum
Where to Stay in Leverkusen
- 🏨Altstadt Hotel
- 🏨Hotel Leverkusen
- 🏨Ibis Budget Köln Leverkusen City
- 🏨Ibis Köln Leverkusen
- 🏨Lindner Hotel BayArena
Leverkusen Travel Guide Sections
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