Pulheim (; Ripuarian: ''Pullem'') is a town in the

Rhein-Erft-Kreis The Rhein-Erft-Kreis ( ksh, Rhing-Ärff-Kries) is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren. History The district in its current borders was ...

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

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. Since the 1920s, a large substation of the ''Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG'' (

RWE RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. The company is Europe's most climate threatening Company, the world's number two in offsh ...

) is located at Pulheim. It is the end of the

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and a large control center for the power grid of the RWE. In the communal reform of 1975, several previously independent municipalities were added to the municipality Pulheim, which received city rights in 1981. Pulheim consists of 12 quarters (''Stadtteile''), including

Brauweiler Brauweiler is a part of Pulheim, west of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The former Benedictine abbey, Brauweiler Abbey, founded 1024, is used today by the ''Rhein Department for the Care of Historic Monuments''. In Brauweiler in the ...

Geyen Geyen is a village, part of the town Pulheim in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Eu ...

and

Stommeln Stommeln is a village (''Stadtteil''), part of the town of Pulheim, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a population of 8,462 (2021). Geography Stommeln is situated to the north-west of Cologne. Its most recognisable feature is the old m ...

Education

The following schools are in Pulheim: *Dietrich-Bonhoeffer Primary School, Pulheim *Catholic Primary School Barbara School, Pulheim *Community Primary School “Am Buschweg”, formerly known as “Am Wäldchen”, Pulheim *Richeza Community Primary School, Pulheim-Brauweiler *Wolfhelm School (primary school), Pulheim-Dansweiler *Community Primary School Sinnersdorf, Pulheim-Sinnersdorf *Community Primary School Sinthern-Geyen, Pulheim-Sinthern *Christina School (primary school), Pulheim-Stommeln *Catholic Primary School “An der Kopfbuche”, Pulheim-Stommeln *School at the Jahnstrasse, Pulheim *Community high school (Hauptschule), Pulheim *Marion-Dönhoff-Realschule (high school), Pulheim *Arthur-Koepchen-Realschule (high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler *Scholl-Siblings-Gymnasium (high school), Pulheim * Abbey-Gymnasium (high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler *Papst-Johannes XXIII-Schule ( it, Scuola Papa Giovanni XXIII; "Pope John XXIII School") (high school), Pulheim-Stommeln *School for Handicapped Donatus-School (primary and high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler

Economy

RWE Power AG RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. The company is Europe's most climate threatening Company, the world's number two in offsh ...

Sport

Pulheimer SC Pulheimer SC is a German sports club from Pulheim. It has sections for association football, handball, baseball ( Pulheim Gophers), hockey, inline hockey, volleyball, badminton, tennis, table tennis, budo, fencing, track and field, cycling, swimm ...

*Linde German Masters, golf *FFC Brauweiler *SC Germania Geyen, football club *TUS Schwarz Weiss Brauweiler *Pulheim Gophers Baseballteam *The Raging Abbots Baseballteam *Reha-Sport-Verein

Twin towns – sister cities

Pulheim is twinned with: *

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, England, United Kingdom *

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References

External links

Official websitePulheim newsWebsite StommelnWebsite GeyenWebsite BrauweilerWebsite DansweilerHistory Club of PulheimTourist board for the Rhein-Erft area
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