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

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

in western

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is located in the

Ruhr Area The Ruhr ( ; , 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 1,160/km2 and a populati ...

between

Duisburg Duisburg (; , ) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruh ...

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

Oberhausen Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

and

Ratingen Ratingen (; ) 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 municipalit ...

. It is home to many companies, and two

Max Planck Institutes The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

. Mülheim an der Ruhr 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

in the Ruhr valley. Ruhrtalbruecke-Sonnenuntergang

Geology

The northern foothills of the

Rhenish Massif The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (, : 'Rhenish Slate Uplands') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. It is drained centrally, south to north by the river Rhine and a few ...

are characterised by the distinctive rock formation of the bare mountain slopes through which run coal-bearing layers which formed during the

carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...

period. Here the Ruhr cuts more than 50 meters deep into this

Mittelgebirge A ''Mittelgebirge'' (; German: ''Mittel'', "middle or mid"; ''Gebirge'', "mountains or mountainous area") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germ ...

. This natural

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust and then sediment transport, tran ...

partly uncovered these mineable

black coal Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psy ...

deposits, which enabled their exploration and extraction using

adit An adit (from Latin ''aditus'', entrance) or stulm is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine. Miners can use adits for access, drainage, ventilation, and extracting minerals at the lowest convenient level. Adits are a ...

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 In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...

(dead arm of a river) of Styrum borough is characteristic of the features of the Lower Rhine Plain.''

History

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, forced laborers of the 3rd

SS construction brigade The SS-Baubrigaden were a type of subcamp of Nazi concentration camps that were first established in Autumn 1942. These units were usually made up of male non-Jewish prisoners—most were Poles or Soviets. Chances of survival were higher in these ...

were dispatched in the town by the Nazis in 1943.

Transport

The U18 metro line connects the city with

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 Monika Griefahn (born 3 October 1954) is a German politician and one of the co-founders of Greenpeace. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Griefahn was a Member of the German Bundestag (1998–2009), serving as an expert on cu ...

, 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 Form ...

, 16,385 , 25.3 , 20,984 , 43.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Wilhelm Steitz , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

, 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 Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

, 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 magazine ...

, 3,940 , 6.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alexander von Wrese , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

, 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,

(Grüne) , 15,097 , 23.4 , 12.4 , 13 , 7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 13,765 , 21.3 , 10.2 , 12 , 5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(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

Education and research

Mülheim is home to two Max Planck Institutes, a university campus, and various other educational and scientific institutions. * Max Planck Institute for Coal Research *

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is located in the German town of Mülheim. Research The MPI CEC investigates fundamental chemical processes in energy transfo ...

* Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, main campus *IWW Water Centre, water research institute of the

University of Duisburg-Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen () is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded 194th place in the world. It was originally ...

*39 Schools, among them 22

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

s, 12 general

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

s, 2

vocational school A vocational school (alternatively known as a trade school, or technical school), is a type of educational institution, which, depending on the country, may refer to either secondary education#List of tech ed skills, secondary or post-secondar ...

s, 1

Waldorf school Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Its educational style is holistic, intended to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical ski ...

, and 2

special school Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual d ...

Companies

Plus Plus or PLUS may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band Albums and EPs * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Astrud Gilberto and James Last album), ...

(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. Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selecti ...

* Tengelmann (founded 1867), a

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

* Aldi Süd (founded 1946, split in two parts in 1960, renamed to Aldi Süd in 1962), a discount supermarket chain * Harke Group, formerly Syntana (founded 1965), a chemical and plastics distributor *

Europipe GmbH Europipe could be: * Europipe I - a natural gas pipeline between the Draupner E riser platform in the North Sea and the Dornum terminal in Germany *Europipe II Europipe II is a natural gas pipeline from the Kårstø processing plant north o ...

(founded 1991), main manufacturer of seamless pipes for the

Nord Stream Nord Stream (German–English mixed expression for "North Stream"; , ''Severny potok'') is a network of offshore natural gas pipelines which run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany to provide Western Europe with natural gas. It comprises t ...

pipelines

Sports clubs

* 1. FC Mülheim (founded 1923), a

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

* VfB Speldorf (founded 1919), a football club *

HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim Hockey- und Tennisclub Uhlenhorst e.V. Mülheim, also known as HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim, is a German professional field hockey club based in Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are one of the most successful German field hockey clubs having won n ...

(founded 1920), a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

club

Sister cities

Mülheim's

sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is International relations, a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there ar ...

are: *

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

, United Kingdom (1953) *

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

, France (1962) *

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

, Poland (1989) *

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( ), officially Kfar Sava , is a List of Israeli cities, city in the Sharon plain, Sharon region, of the Central District (Israel), Central District of State of Israel, Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-l ...

, Israel (1993) *

Beykoz Beykoz () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name i ...

, Turkey (2007) *

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

, Finland (2009) *

Qalqilya Qalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier, Israeli We ...

, Palestine

People

* Wilhelm Rittenhausen (1644–1708), founder of the first

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...

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 Prote ...

(1697–1769),

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

religious writer * Carl Arnold Kortum (1745–1824), physician, writer and poet *

August Bungert Friedrich August Bungert (14 March 1845 – 26 October 1915) was a German opera composer and poet. Biography Early life Bungert was born in Mülheim. His unusual musical talent was noticed and nurtured at high school by his teacher, Heinr ...

(1845–1915), opera composer and poet * Wilibald Nagel (1863–1929), musicologist *

Hugo Stinnes Hugo Adolf Eugen Victor Stinnes commonly known as Hugo Stinnes (12 February 1870 – 10 April 1924) was a German industrialist and politician who served as a member of Reichstag from 1920 to 1924 (his death). During the late era of the German Em ...

(1870–1924), industrialist and founder of the

German People's Party The German People's Party (German: , DVP) was a conservative-liberal political party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire. Along with the left-liberal German Democratic Party (DDP), ...

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 and financial backer of the Nazi Party but later broke with it. He was ar ...

(1873–1951), industrialist associated with the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor ...

* 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 subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

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

(1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector *

Arthur Kaufmann Arthur Kaufmann (4 April 1872 in Iași, Romania – 25 July 1938 in Vienna) was an Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master. Life Kaufmann was the second son of a wealthy, Jewish merchant family in Iaşi, Romania. In early childhood, he m ...

(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 C ...

(1891–1977), general of

artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

in World War II * Dagmar Mühlenfeld (born 1951), mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr * Otto Pankok (1893–1966), painter, printmaker and sculptor *

Otto Roelen Otto Roelen (22 March 1897 – 30 January 1993) was a German chemist who pioneered using carbon monoxide to synthesize of organic compounds. Roelen was born in Mülheim, Germany and studied chemistry and graduated in 1922 from Technische Hochschu ...

(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 comp ...

(1898–1973), chemist,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

winner *

Clärenore Stinnes Clara Eleonore "Clärenore" Stinnes-Söderstrom (née Stinnes; 21 January 1901 – 7 September 1990) was a German female auto racer, heiress and socialite. Together with Swedish cinematographer Carl-Axel Söderström, the two were the first ...

(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 *

Ferdinand aus der Fünten Ferdinand Hugo aus der Fünten (17 December 1909 – 19 April 1989), widely known as Fünten, was an '' SS-Hauptsturmführer'' and head of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam during the Second World War. He was responsible for t ...

(1909–1989), SS-Hauptsturmführer, war criminal * Fritz Buchloh (1909–1998), footballer * Günther Smend (1912–1944), officer and a resistance fighter involved in the

July 20 Plot The 20 July plot, sometimes referred to as Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and leader of Nazi Germany, and overthrow the Nazi regime on 20 July 1944. The plotters were part of the German r ...

assassinate Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

Adolf Hitler * Johannes Bölter (1915–1987),

German Army The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (G ...

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 the richest person in Germany for many years. In February 2014, he was ranked the 2 ...

(1920–2014), entrepreneur,

Aldi Aldi (German pronunciation: ), stylised as ALDI, is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and ...

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 wo ...

(1922–2010), entrepreneur,

founder * Wilhelm Knabe (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 environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

in Germany * Wim Thoelke (1927–1995), TV entertainer *

Hermann Bottenbruch Hermann Bottenbruch (14 September 1928 – 20 May 2019) was a German mathematician and computer scientist. Biography 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 ...

(1928–2019), mathematician and computer scientist *

Jürgen Sundermann Hans-Jürgen Sundermann (25 January 1940 – 4 October 2022) was a German football manager and player who played as a midfielder. Playing career Sundermann played his youth football with local club 1. FC Mülheim. In 1958 he signed for Rot-W ...

(born 1940), football player and manager *

Hans Walitza Hans Walitza (born 26 November 1945) is a German retired professional football player and manager who played as a forward. Career statistics 1 1966–67, 1969–70 and 1970–71 include the Regionalliga promotion playoffs. 1975–76 and 1977 ...

(born 1945), football player and manager *

Rudolf Seliger Rudolf "Rudi" Seliger (born 20 September 1951) is a former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, foot ...

(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 telecommunicatio ...

(born 1952), politician (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together wi ...

) *

(born 1954), politician (SPD) *

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

(born 1954), footballer *

Helge Schneider Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, composer, author, film and theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best kno ...

(born 1955), comedian, musician, author, film and theatre director and actor *

Ralph Morgenstern Ralph Morgenstern (born as Ralph Morgenstern-Nolting on 3 October 1956) is a German actor and TV host. Morgenstern was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He works in theatre, film, and on German TV. Morgenstern has one daughter and has lived togeth ...

(born 1956), television presenter and actor * Albrecht von Croÿ (born 1958), journalist * Ulla Kock am Brink (born 1961), television presenter *

Hannelore Kraft Hannelore Kraft (née Külzhammer, 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 the thi ...

(born 1961), politician (SPD) and

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The position was created in 1946, when the British administr ...

Ralf Lübke Ralf Lübke (born 17 June 1965 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 × 400 metres relay bronze m ...

(born 1965), athlete *

Carolin Emcke Carolin Emcke (born 18 August 1967) is a German author and journalist who worked for from 1998 to 2006, often writing from areas of conflicts. From 2007 to 2014, she worked as an international reporter for . Her book ''Echoes of Violence – Lett ...

(born 1967), journalist * Willi Landgraf (born 1968), footballer * Sven Meinhardt (born 1971), field hockey player, Olympic winner * André Lenz (born 1973), footballer *

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

(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 Simone Hanselmann (born 6 December 1979) is a German actress. She started as a model and from 1998 to 1999, she played the role the bulimic schizophrenic model Anna Meisner (also Judith Unger and Susi) in the series '' Gute Zeiten, schlechte ...

(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 Stephanie Antoinette Franziska Stebich (born January 26, 1966, in Mülheim) is a German-born American art historian and curator. Early life and education Born in Germany to Gehard and Ute, Stebich's family immigrated to Scarsdale, New York, wh ...

(born 1966), art historian * Rüdiger Emshoff (born 1960), maxillofacial surgeon and associate professor * Karl Schmitz-Scholl (1868-1933), businessman

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

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External links

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Official city homepage

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulheim Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia Urban districts of North Rhine-Westphalia 1808 establishments in the Confederation of the Rhine Districts of the Rhine Province Düsseldorf (region)