Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is located in the

Ruhr Area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

between

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

, Essen, Oberhausen and

Ratingen Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf. Administration With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...

. It is home to many companies, especially in the food industry, such as the Aldi Süd Company, the Harke Group and the

Tengelmann Group Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG, doing business as the Tengelmann Group, is a holding company based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Structure The corporation has the following subsidiaries: * KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, with over 3 ...

. Mülheim received its town charter in 1808, and 100 years later the population exceeded 100,000, making Mülheim officially a city. At the time of the city's 200th anniversary with approximately 170,000 residents, it was counted among the smaller cities of Germany.

Geography

Geographical location

Mülheim an der Ruhr is located to the southwest of Essen in the Ruhr valley. Ruhrtalbruecke-Sonnenuntergang

Geology

The northern foothills of the Rhenish Massif are characterised by the distinctive rock formation of the bare mountain slopes through which run coal-bearing layers which formed during the carboniferous period. Here the Ruhr cuts more than 50 meters deep into this

Mittelgebirge A ''Mittelgebirge'' (German: ''Mittel'', "middle/medium"; ''Gebirge'', "mountain range") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germany; it refers to ...

. This natural

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is dis ...

partly uncovered these mineable

black coal Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt. Its coloration can be black or sometimes dark brown; often there are well-defined bands of bright and dull material within the seams. It ...

deposits, which enabled their exploration and extraction using

adit An adit (from Latin ''aditus'', entrance) is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, ventilated, and minerals extracted at the lowest convenient level. Adit ...

s. However, the coal-rich layers became ever deeper as one progressed northward, which required setting up mines to extract the black coal. In contrast, the broad bayou (dead arm of a river) of Styrum borough is characteristic of the features of the Lower Rhine Plain.''

Transport

The U18 metro line connects the city with Essen.

Politics

Mayor

The current Mayor of Mülheim is Marc Buchholz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate ! rowspan=2, Party ! colspan=2, First round ! colspan=2, Second round , - ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Marc Buchholz , align=left, Christian Democratic Union , 16,479 , 25.4 , 27,716 , 56.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Monika Griefahn , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

, 16,385 , 25.3 , 20,984 , 43.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Wilhelm Steitz , align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens , 10,178 , 15.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Horst Bilo , align=left,

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

, 5,394 , 8.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Jürgen Abeln , align=left,

, 4,907 , 7.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Andreas Brings , align=left,

Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazi ...

, 3,940 , 6.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alexander von Wrese , align=left, Alternative for Germany , 3,920 , 6.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Amrei Debatin , align=left, Free Democratic Party , 1,853 , 2.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Jochen Dirk Hartmann , align=left,

, 945 , 1.5 , - , , align=left, Martin Ulrich Fritz , align=left, Civic Awakening Mülheim , 808 , 1.2 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 64,809 ! 98.7 ! 48,700 ! 98.6 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 879 ! 1.3 ! 679 ! 1.4 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 65,688 ! 100.0 ! 49,379 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 130,571 ! 50.3 ! 130,561 ! 37.8 , - , colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer

City council

The Mülheim city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 16,970 , 26.3 , 0.9 , 14 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , 15,097 , 23.4 , 12.4 , 13 , 7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 13,765 , 21.3 , 10.2 , 12 , 5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD) , 4,629 , 7.2 , 1.9 , 4 , 1 , - , , align=left, Mülheimer Citizens' Initiative (MBI) , 3,043 , 4.7 , 5.4 , 3 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 3,003 , 4.7 , 0.7 , 3 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(PARTEI) , 2,866 , 4.4 , New , 2 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 1,751 , 2.7 , 1.4 , 1 , 1 , - , , align=left, We From Mülheim (WIR) , 1,560 , 2.4 , 1.0 , 1 , ±0 , - , , align=left, Civic Awakening Mülheim (BAMH) , 1,173 , 1.8 , New , 1 , New , - , colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , , align=left, Alliance for Education (BüfBi) , 424 , 0.7 , 0.3 , 0 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Independents , 226 , 0.4 , – , 0 , – , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 64,507 ! 98.3 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 1,144 ! 1.7 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 65,651 ! 100.0 ! ! 54 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 130,571 ! 50.3 ! 0.0 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer

Twin towns – sister cities

Mülheim an der Ruhr is twinned with: * Darlington, England, UK (1953) *

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, France (1962) * Opole, Poland (1989) *

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

, Israel (1993) *

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, Turkey (2007) *

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, Finland (2009)

Notable sports clubs

1. FC Mülheim FC Mülheim is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia. History ''Spielvereinigung Oberhausen und Styrum'' was established through the union of a number of local sports clubs ...

(founded 1923), a football club * VfB Speldorf (founded 1919), a football club * HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim (founded 1920), a

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

club

Notable companies

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(founded 1972), a

supermarket chain A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

* Tengelmann (founded 1867), a

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

* Aldi Süd Company (founded 1946 (split in two parts in 1960, renamed to Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd in 1962)), a discount supermarket chains

Notable people

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-06788, Fritz Thyssen

* Wilhelm Rittenhausen (1644–1708), founder of the first paper mill in North America *

Gerhard Tersteegen Gerhard Tersteegen (25 November 1697 – 3 April 1769), was a German Reformed religious writer and hymnist. Life Tersteegen was born in Moers, at that time the principal city of a county belonging to the House of Orange-Nassau that formed a Pro ...

(1697–1769), Reformed religious writer * Carl Arnold Kortum (1745–1824), physician, writer and poet * August Bungert (1845–1915), opera composer and poet * Wilibald Nagel (1863–1929), musicologist *

Hugo Stinnes Hugo Dieter Stinnes (12 February 1870 – 10 April 1924) was a German industrialist and politician. During the late era of the German Empire and early Weimar Republic, he was considered to be one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Europe. ...

(1870–1924), industrialist and founder of the

German People's Party The German People's Party (German: , or DVP) was a liberal party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire. A right-liberal, or conservative-liberal political party, it represented politi ...

Fritz Thyssen Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, but later broke with them. Biography Youth Thyssen w ...

(1873–1951), industrialist associated with the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

* Carl Otto von Eicken (1873–1960),

otorhinolaryngologist Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

Heinrich Thyssen Heinrich Thyssen (31 October 1875 – 26 June 1947), after 22 June 1907 Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, was a German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector. Biography Thyssen was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, the ...

(1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector * Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), painter *

Walter Hartmann __NOTOC__ Walter Hartmann (23 July 1891 – 11 March 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. During the evacuation of ...

(1891–1977), general of

artillery Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...

in World War II *

Otto Pankok Otto Pankok (6 June 1893 – 10 October 1966) was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Biography Pankok was born in Mülheim on the Ruhr. In 1912 he began his formal training as an artist at the Art Academies in Düsseldorf and Weim ...

(1893–1966), painter, printmaker and sculptor * Otto Roelen (1897–1993), chemist *

Karl Ziegler Karl Waldemar Ziegler (26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compound ...

(1898–1973), chemist,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

winner * Clärenore Stinnes (1901–1990), car racer, the first person to circumnavigate the world by automobile *

Werner Best Karl Rudolf Werner Best (10 July 1903 – 23 June 1989) was a German jurist, police chief, SS-''Obergruppenführer'', Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret ...

(1903–1989), jurist, police chief and Nazi leader *

Carl Balhaus Carl Balhaus (born Carl Ballhaus; 4 November 1905 – 28 July 1968) was a German stage and film actor. After the Second World War he worked as screenwriter and director for the East German state-owned studio DEFA. He was an uncle of the Academ ...

(1905–1968), actor and director * Fritz Buchloh (1909–1998), footballer * Günther Smend (1912–1944), officer and a resistance fighter involved in the

July 20 Plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...

to assassinate Adolf Hitler * Johannes Bölter (1915–1987), German Army tank commander during World War II *

Karl Albrecht Karl Hans Albrecht (; 20 February 1920 – 16 July 2014) was a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He was for many years the richest person in Germany. In February 2014, he was ranked the ...

(1920–2014), entrepreneur,

Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when ...

founder *

Theo Albrecht Theodor Paul Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 31st richest person in the wor ...

(1922–2010), entrepreneur,

founder *

Wilhelm Knabe Wilhelm Knabe (8 October 1923 – 30 January 2021) was a German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant and politician, remembered as a founding member of the Green Party in Germany, and a pioneer of conservation of the environment who shaped the par ...

(1923–2021), ecologist, pacifist, civil servant, politician and co-founder of the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

in Germany *

Wim Thoelke Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (9 May 1927 – 26 November 1995) was a German TV entertainer. Wim Thoelke worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie ''das aktuelle sportstudio'' on German channel ZDF. He was host of the TV game ...

(1927–1995), TV entertainer *

Hermann Bottenbruch Hermann Bottenbruch (14 September 1928 – 20 May 2019) was a German mathematician and computer scientist. Bottenbruch grew up in . Toward the end of World War II, he served as a . In 1947, he began the study of mathematics at the where he grad ...

(1928–2019), mathematician and computer scientist * Jürgen Sundermann (born 1940), football player and manager * Hans Walitza (born 1945), football player and manager *

Rudolf Seliger Rudolf "Rudi" Seliger (born 20 September 1951) is a former football striker. References External links * Living people 1951 births Sportspeople from Mülheim German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B internat ...

(born 1951), footballer *

Bodo Hombach Bodo Hombach (born 19 August 1952) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Early life and education Bodo Hombach was born in Mülheim on the Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia. After training to become a telecommunicati ...

(born 1952), politician (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

) * Monika Griefahn (born 1954), politician (SPD) *

Hans-Günter Bruns Hans-Günter Bruns (born 15 November 1954) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Overview Bruns was a typical German footballer. Powerfully built, technically good, strong in the tackle, an ...

(born 1954), footballer *

Helge Schneider Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, author, film and theatre director, and actor. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best known for his song "Katzeklo ...

(born 1955), comedian, musician, author, film and theatre director and actor * Ralph Morgenstern (born 1956), television presenter and actor * Albrecht von Croÿ (born 1958), journalist *

Ulla Kock am Brink Ursula Eva Maria Kock am Brink (born 10 July 1961 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German television presenter. Life From 1981 to 1984, Kock am Brink studied German studies, Spanish language, Spanish studies and Social sciences at university in Bo ...

(born 1961), television presenter *

Hannelore Kraft Hannelore Kraft (''née'' Külzhammer; born 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She served as the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was ...

(born 1961), politician (SPD) and

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The po ...

* Ralf Lübke (born 1965), athlete * Carolin Emcke (born 1967), journalist * Willi Landgraf (born 1968), footballer * Sven Meinhardt (born 1971), field hockey player, Olympic winner *

André Lenz André Lenz (born 19 November 1973) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career as player Lenz was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 1990 he moved to Wuppertaler SV, where he was a professional from 1992. From 19 ...

(born 1973), footballer *

Lars Burgsmüller Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a retired German professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking ...

(born 1975), tennis player * Marion Rodewald (born 1976), field hockey player, Olympic winner * Kai Gehring (born 1977), politician * Felix Erdmann (born 1978), rowing cox * Simone Hanselmann (born 1979), actress *

Salih Altın Salih Altın (born 17 July 1987 in Mulheim an der Ruhr) is a German football player, who is currently playing for Duisburger FV 08. Career Altın played in youth for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SG Wattenscheid 09 and FC Schalke 04. In 2006 he moved t ...

(born 1987), footballer * Bobby Gunns (born 1992), professional wrestler * Jonathan Rommelmann (born 1994), Olympic medalist * Stephanie Stebich (born 1966), art historian

Gallery

File:Schloss-Broich-2013-01-Alternative.jpg, Courtyard of Schloss Broich File:Rathaus-Muelheim-Nordseite-2013.jpg, Town Hall File:MH-Stadthalle-2011.jpg, Mülheim Stadthalle File:Mülheim an der Ruhr, straatzicht3 Aktienstraße foto2 2012-08-19 15.19.jpg, View to the street and tram station Aktienstraße File:Friedrichstraße.jpg, Friedrichstraße File:Mülheim an der Ruhr, die Petrikirche foto3 2012-08-19 15.38.JPG, Petrikirche File:Luftbild-MH-Nordosten-2009.jpg, Highrise buildings in the city centre File:Müga Wasserspiele sw 2013.jpg, Water feature in MüGa-Park

References

External links

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Official city homepage

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