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 betwee ...

. 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 ...

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') 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 Do ...

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

in the Ruhr valley. Ruhrtalbruecke-Sonnenuntergang

Geology

The northern foothills of the

Rhenish Massif The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (german: Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, : 'Rhenish Slate Uplands') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. It is drained centrally, south t ...

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 period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carboniferou ...

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

partly uncovered these mineable black coal deposits, which enabled their exploration and extraction using adits. 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.''

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 , 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 For ...

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

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

, 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 * Independe ...

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

, 4,907 , 7.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Andreas Brings , align=left, Die PARTEI , 3,940 , 6.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alexander von Wrese , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to 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,

(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, Die PARTEI (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 Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underw ...

, England, UK (1953) *

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ...

, France (1962) *

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city l ...

, 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 ...

, Israel (1993) * Beykoz, Turkey (2007) *

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...

, Finland (2009)

Notable sports clubs

1. FC Mülheim FC Mülheim is a 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 including ''Styrumer ...

(founded 1923), a

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all ...

VfB Speldorf VfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The association was formed on 19 January 1919 as the successor to pre-World War I side ''Sport-Club Preußen Speldorf'', w ...

(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

Plus Plus may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 * ''Plus'' (Martin Ga ...

(founded 1972), a supermarket chain * 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 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 (1697–1769), Reformed religious writer *

Carl Arnold Kortum Carl Arnold Kortum (July 5, 1745 – August 15, 1824) was a German physician, but best known for his writing and poetry. Born in Mülheim, Kortum studied medicine and was from 1771 physician in Bochum, where he died in 1824. Kortum wrote sever ...

(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, Hei ...

(1845–1915), opera composer and poet *

Wilibald Nagel Wilibald Nagel (also ''Willibald Nagel'', (12 January 1863 – 17 October 1929) was a German musicologist and music critic. Life and career Born in Mülheim an der Ruhr Nagel, son of the Lieder and oratorio singer Siegfried Nagel (d. 1874), ...

(1863–1929), musicologist * Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), industrialist and founder of the German People's Party * Fritz Thyssen (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 Carl Otto von Eicken (31 December 1873, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 29 June 1960, Heilbronn) was a German otorhinolaryngologist. Biography He studied medicine at the universities of Kiel, Geneva, Munich, Berlin, and Heidelberg, where he served ...

(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 (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 (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 si ...

in World War II * Otto Pankok (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 (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 to

assassinate Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

Adolf Hitler * Johannes Bölter (1915–1987),

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

tank commander during World War II * Karl Albrecht (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 (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 pa ...

(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 (1927–1995), TV entertainer * Hermann Bottenbruch (1928–2019), mathematician and computer scientist * Jürgen Sundermann (born 1940), football player and manager * Hans Walitza (born 1945), football player and manager * Rudolf Seliger (born 1951), footballer * Bodo Hombach (born 1952), politician ( SPD) * Monika Griefahn (born 1954), politician (SPD) * Hans-Günter Bruns (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 (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 p ...

* Ralf Lübke (born 1965), athlete *

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

(born 1967), journalist *

Willi Landgraf Wilfried "Willi" Landgraf (born 29 August 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender and made a record 508 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. Playing career Landgraf was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr and joined th ...

(born 1968), footballer *

Sven Meinhardt Sven Meinhardt (born 28 September 1971 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player f ...

(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 (born 1975), tennis player * Marion Rodewald (born 1976), field hockey player, Olympic winner *

Kai Gehring Kai Gehring (born 26 December 1977) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a Member of the German Parliament since 2005. Early life and education After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social scienc ...

(born 1977), politician * Felix Erdmann (born 1978), rowing cox * Simone Hanselmann (born 1979), actress * Salih Altın (born 1987), footballer *

Bobby Gunns Robert Schild (born 28 December 1992), better known by his ring name Bobby Gunns, is a German professional wrestler. He works for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). Professional wrestling career Schild comes from an amateur wrestling background, ...

(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

*
Official city homepage

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