LUNEN

city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany, on the Lippe River and the Seitenkanal, just north of Dortmund. Founded 133640 and chartered in 1341 by the count of Mark, it passed to Brandenburg in 1609 and to Prussia in 1701. A nearby castle, Schloss Kappenberg (1708), was a former Premonstratensian monastery and the last seat of the statesman Freiherr vom Stein; it is now the Dortmund Museum. Two other castles, Buddenberg and Schwansbell, are in local parks. The city is a rail junction, port, and coal-mining centre and has iron foundries, aluminum plants, copper refineries, and a large electric power station. Pop. (1989 est.) 85,584.