Mülheim

Mülheim an der Ruhr is located to the southwest of Essen in the Ruhr valley.{{cite web |title=Mülheim an der Ruhr |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mulheim-an-der-Ruhr |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=5 December 2020}}

File:Ruhrtalbruecke-Sonnenuntergang.jpg and Essen]]

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. This natural erosion 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 (dead arm of a river) of Styrum borough is characteristic of the features of the Lower Rhine Plain.{{cite web|url=http://www.muelheim-ruhr.de/cms/muelheim_im_wandel_dererdgeschichte.html|title=Mülheim an der Ruhr official website – Eine kurze Geschichte zur Geologie und zur Geographie des Stadtgebietes|access-date=2010-04-19|publisher= File:Flag of Germany.svg {{fontcolor|Green|(in only German language)}} © 1998–2010 MST Mülheimer Stadtmarketing und Tourismus GmbH}}''

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During World War II, forced laborers of the 3rd SS construction brigade were dispatched in the town by the Nazis in 1943.{{cite book|last=Megargee|first=Geoffrey P.|year=2009|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=1385|isbn=978-0-253-35328-3}}

The U18 metro line connects the city with Essen.{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/de/mh/muelheim.htm|title=Mülheim an der Ruhr|publisher=Urban Rail|access-date=21 November 2015}}

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:

{{election table}}

! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate

! rowspan=2| Party

! colspan=2| First round

! colspan=2| Second round

|-

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| align=left| Marc Buchholz

| align=left| Christian Democratic Union

| 16,479

| 25.4

| 27,716

| 56.9

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Monika Griefahn

| align=left| Social Democratic Party

| 16,385

| 25.3

| 20,984

| 43.1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|

| align=left| Wilhelm Steitz

| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens

| 10,178

| 15.7

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

| align=left| Horst Bilo

| align=left| Independent

| 5,394

| 8.3

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

| align=left| Jürgen Abeln

| align=left| Independent

| 4,907

| 7.6

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}|

| align=left| Andreas Brings

| align=left| Die PARTEI

| 3,940

| 6.1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|

| align=left| Alexander von Wrese

| align=left| Alternative for Germany

| 3,920

| 6.0

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Amrei Debatin

| align=left| Free Democratic Party

| 1,853

| 2.9

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

| align=left| Jochen Dirk Hartmann

| align=left| Independent

| 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: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b117000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]

|}

File:2020 Mulheim a.d. Ruhr City Council election.svg

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:

{{election table}}

! colspan=2| Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| 16,970

| 26.3

| {{decrease}} 0.9

| 14

| {{decrease}} 1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|

| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)

| 15,097

| 23.4

| {{increase}} 12.4

| 13

| {{increase}} 7

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| 13,765

| 21.3

| {{decrease}} 10.2

| 12

| {{decrease}} 5

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|

| align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)

| 4,629

| 7.2

| {{increase}} 1.9

| 4

| {{increase}} 1

|-

|

| align=left| Mülheimer Citizens' Initiative (MBI)

| 3,043

| 4.7

| {{decrease}} 5.4

| 3

| {{decrease}} 2

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| 3,003

| 4.7

| {{decrease}} 0.7

| 3

| ±0

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}|

| align=left| Die PARTEI (PARTEI)

| 2,866

| 4.4

| New

| 2

| New

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|

| align=left| The Left (Die Linke)

| 1,751

| 2.7

| {{decrease}} 1.4

| 1

| {{decrease}} 1

|-

|

| align=left| We From Mülheim (WIR)

| 1,560

| 2.4

| {{increase}} 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

| {{decrease}} 0.3

| 0

| {{decrease}} 1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

| 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

! {{steady}} 0.0

!

!

|-

| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/a117000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]

|}

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
• Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, main campus
• IWW Water Centre, water research institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen
• 39 Schools, among them 22 primary schools, 12 general secondary schools, 2 vocational schools, 1 Waldorf school, and 2 special schools

• Plus (founded 1972), a supermarket chain
• Tengelmann (founded 1867), a holding company
• 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 (founded 1991), main manufacturer of seamless pipes for the Nord Stream pipelines

• 1. FC Mülheim (founded 1923), a football club
• VfB Speldorf (founded 1919), a football club
• HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim (founded 1920), a field hockey club

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Mülheim's sister cities are:{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.muelheim-ruhr.de/cms/staedtepartnerschaften_und_patenschaften1.html|website=muelheim-ruhr.de|date=13 August 2009 |publisher=Mülheim an der Ruhr|language=de|access-date=2021-02-27}}

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• {{flagicon|GBR}} Darlington, United Kingdom (1953)
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Tours, France (1962)
• {{flagicon|POL}} Opole, Poland (1989)
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Kfar Saba, Israel (1993)
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Beykoz, Turkey (2007)
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Kouvola, Finland (2009)
• {{flagicon|PSE}} Qalqilya, Palestine{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Qalqilya |url=https://gnvsistercities.org/qalqilya-information/ |website=Sister Cities of Gainesville, FL |location= |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912220438/https://gnvsistercities.org/qalqilya-information/ |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2025}}

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• Wilhelm Rittenhausen (1644–1708), founder of the first paper mill in North America
• Gerhard Tersteegen (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 (1870–1924), industrialist and founder of the German People's Party
• Fritz Thyssen (1873–1951), industrialist associated with the Nazi Party
• Carl Otto von Eicken (1873–1960), otorhinolaryngologist
• Heinrich Thyssen (1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector
• Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), painter
• Walter Hartmann (1891–1977), general of artillery in World War II
• Dagmar Mühlenfeld (born 1951), mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Otto Pankok (1893–1966), painter, printmaker and sculptor
• Otto Roelen (1897–1993), chemist
• Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), chemist, Nobel Prize 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 (1905–1968), actor and director
• Ferdinand aus der Fünten (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 to assassinate Adolf Hitler
• Johannes Bölter (1915–1987), German Army tank commander during World War II
• Karl Albrecht (1920–2014), entrepreneur, Aldi founder
• Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), entrepreneur, Aldi founder
• Wilhelm Knabe (1923–2021), ecologist, pacifist, civil servant, politician and co-founder of the Green Party 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 (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 (born 1961), politician (SPD) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 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 (born 1973), footballer
• Lars Burgsmüller (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 (born 1987), footballer
• Bobby Gunns (born 1992), professional wrestler
• Jonathan Rommelmann (born 1994), Olympic medalist
• Stephanie Stebich (born 1966), art historian
• Rüdiger Emshoff (born 1960), maxillofacial surgeon and associate professor
• Karl Schmitz-Scholl (1868-1933), businessman

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{{Wide image|Panorama Mülheim vom Rathausturm Richtung NW Crop 2014.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Mülheim in 2014}}

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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• Mülheim Hauptbahnhof

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