Böhlen (German pronunciation: [ˈbøːlən]) is a town in Saxony, Germany, south of Leipzig.

Towards the end of World War II a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp was established, where 800 prisoners worked as forced labor in a Braunkohle-Benzin AG ("Brabag") plant.

The principal industries were transferred into Soviet administration after World War II, and were returned to the GDR in 1952.

By administratively merging the power station, the coal processing plants, and the motor fuel works, the publicly owned Kombinat "Otto Grotewohl" was formed.

Today Böhlen, as well as its neighboring city Zwenkau, are profiting from the newly formed Neuseenland, where old open-cast mines are being converted into huge lakes.