Leeds is twinned with Dortmund and there's an explanation here, from the Dortmund endHow did the twinning come about?
https://www.dortmund.de/en/city_council ... index.html
A recent reassertion of the relationship from the Leeds end
https://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/leeds-an ... artnership
There is a Dortmund Square in Leeds, with a statue of a Dortmund Drayman
https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/89849
Beer seems to have played a part in these cultural links
https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/108815