abstract:Leuna is a town in the Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle. It is known for the Leunawerke (), at 13 km2 one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany,InfraLeuna where a very wide range of chemicals and plastics is produced.
At that time Elf took over one of the biggest businesses in eastern Germany, the Leuna oil refinery and its network of petrol stations, as part of the wholesale privatisation of former East German state assets.