Mülheim
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Mülheim an der Ruhr, also called "City on the River", is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia
in Germany
. It is located in the Ruhr Area
between Duisburg
, Essen, Oberhausen
and Ratingen
. It is home of many companies, especially in the food industry, such as the Aldi Süd Company
or 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, the city was counted among the smaller cities of Germany.
Mülheim was the first city in the Ruhr Area to become totally free of coal mines, when its last coal mine "Rosenblumendelle" was closed. The former leather and coal city had successfully made a complete transformation to a diversified economic centre. With more than 50% covered by greenery and forest, the city is regarded as an attractive place to live between Düsseldorf
and the Ruhr
. It is the home of two Max Planck Institutes
and, since 2009, the technical college Ruhr West. It has a station
on the important railway between Dortmund and Duisburg and is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S1 and S3.
, the western Hellweg
and the plane of the middle Lower Rhine region
.
The central city lies on both banks of the Ruhr river, about 12 km east of where the Ruhr's mouth opens onto the Rhine. The Ruhr traverses the whole city for a length of 14 km from south-east to north-west. With the district of Broich on its left bank and the Kirchenhügel (Church Hill) on its right bank – the gate of Mülheim – the Ruhr leaves the foothills of the Rhenish Massif and enters the Lower Rhine Plain
.
The city's location right by the Ruhr is a characteristic of only Mülheim in the Ruhr region
.
border, of three regions – the Mittelgebirge
of the Bergisches Land
, the Lower Rhine Plain
and the Westphalian Lowland
. The areas lying northeast of the Ruhr, with their rich loess
-containing soils, belong to the natural region known as West Hellweg. Whereas it's difficult to tell from the surface formations where the Westphalian Lowlands begin, the landscapes of the Bergisches Land
and the Lower Rhine Plain are easily recognisable.
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 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.
in 1093. Later it belonged to the Duchy of Berg
and became a free city in 1808. After the Congress of Vienna
Mülheim was Prussian and from 1822 was a part of the Prussian Rhine Province
. Mülheim became the centre of the Ruhr Uprising
in 1920.
with: Darlington
, United Kingdom
, since 1953 Tours
, France
, since 1962 Kuusankoski
, Finland
, from 1972 to 2008 Opole
, Poland
, since 1989 Kfar Sava, Israel
, since 1993 Istanbul
-Beykoz
, Turkey
, since 2007 Kouvola
, Finland
, since 2009 Qalqilyah
, Palestine
, friendship
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is located in the Ruhr Area
Ruhr Area
The Ruhr, by German-speaking geographers and historians more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region , is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...
between Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
, Essen, Oberhausen
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 Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...
and Ratingen
Ratingen
Ratingen is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the northwestern part of Berg - about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf...
. It is home of many companies, especially in the food industry, such as the Aldi Süd Company
ALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
or the Tengelmann Group
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:*A&P Tea Company ; 362 stores...
.
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, the city was counted among the smaller cities of Germany.
Mülheim was the first city in the Ruhr Area to become totally free of coal mines, when its last coal mine "Rosenblumendelle" was closed. The former leather and coal city had successfully made a complete transformation to a diversified economic centre. With more than 50% covered by greenery and forest, the city is regarded as an attractive place to live between Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
and the Ruhr
Ruhr
The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...
. It is the home of two Max Planck Institutes
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
and, since 2009, the technical college Ruhr West. It has a station
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof in 1974 at the time of the rebuilding of the Dortmund–Duisburg line as part of the establishment of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn....
on the important railway between Dortmund and Duisburg and is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S1 and S3.
Geographical location
Mülheim an der Ruhr lies at the junction of the hill country of the Lower Bergisches LandBergisches Land
The Bergisches Land is a low mountain range region within the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over 20 artificial lakes...
, the western Hellweg
Hellweg
In the Middle Ages the Hellweg was an ancient east-west route through Germany, the main corridor from the Rhine east to the mountains of the Teutoburger Wald, reaching from Duisburg, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, to Paderborn, with the slopes of the Sauerland to its south.In the...
and the plane of the middle Lower Rhine region
Lower Rhine region (Germany)
The Lower Rhine region or Niederrhein is a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany between approximately Neuss and Düsseldorf in the South and the Dutch border around Emmerich in the North...
.
The central city lies on both banks of the Ruhr river, about 12 km east of where the Ruhr's mouth opens onto the Rhine. The Ruhr traverses the whole city for a length of 14 km from south-east to north-west. With the district of Broich on its left bank and the Kirchenhügel (Church Hill) on its right bank – the gate of Mülheim – the Ruhr leaves the foothills of the Rhenish Massif and enters the Lower Rhine Plain
Lower Rhine Plain
The Lower Rhine Plain is one of the natural regions of Germany and lies on either side of the River Rhine north of the city of Düsseldorf.- Geography :...
.
The city's location right by the Ruhr is a characteristic of only Mülheim in the Ruhr region
Ruhr
The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...
.
Geology
When looking at its geological structure, the city lies on the border region, known as the MarlMarl
Marl or marlstone is a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and aragonite. Marl was originally an old term loosely applied to a variety of materials, most of which occur as loose, earthy deposits consisting chiefly of an intimate mixture of clay...
border, of three regions – the Mittelgebirge
Mittelgebirge
A Mittelgebirge is a relatively low mountain range, a typical geographical feature of Central Europe, especially Central and Southern Germany; it refers to something between hill country and a proper mountain range...
of the Bergisches Land
Bergisches Land
The Bergisches Land is a low mountain range region within the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over 20 artificial lakes...
, the Lower Rhine Plain
Lower Rhine Plain
The Lower Rhine Plain is one of the natural regions of Germany and lies on either side of the River Rhine north of the city of Düsseldorf.- Geography :...
and the Westphalian Lowland
Westphalian Lowland
The Westphalian Lowland, also known as the Westphalian Basin is a flat landscape that mainly lies within the German region of Westphalia, although small areas also fall within North Rhine and in Lower Saxony...
. The areas lying northeast of the Ruhr, with their rich loess
Loess
Loess is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate...
-containing soils, belong to the natural region known as West Hellweg. Whereas it's difficult to tell from the surface formations where the Westphalian Lowlands begin, the landscapes of the Bergisches Land
Bergisches Land
The Bergisches Land is a low mountain range region within the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over 20 artificial lakes...
and the Lower Rhine Plain are easily recognisable.
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
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
period. Here the Ruhr cuts more than 50 meters deep into this Mittelgebirge
Mittelgebirge
A Mittelgebirge is a relatively low mountain range, a typical geographical feature of Central Europe, especially Central and Southern Germany; it refers to something between hill country and a proper mountain range...
. This natural erosion
Erosion
Erosion is when materials are removed from the surface and changed into something else. It only works by hydraulic actions and transport of solids in the natural environment, and leads to the deposition of these materials elsewhere...
partly uncovered these mineable black coal
Bituminous coal
Bituminous coal or black coal is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than lignite coal but of poorer quality than Anthracite...
deposits, which enabled their exploration and extraction using adit
Adit
An adit is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, and ventilated.-Construction:...
s. However, the coal-rich layers became ever deeper as one progressed northward, which required setting up mines
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
to extract the black coal. In contrast, the broad bayou
Bayou
A bayou is an American term for a body of water typically found in flat, low-lying areas, and can refer either to an extremely slow-moving stream or river , or to a marshy lake or wetland. The name "bayou" can also refer to creeks that see level changes due to tides and hold brackish water which...
(dead arm of a river) of Styrum borough is characteristic of the features of the Lower Rhine Plain.
History
The town Mülheim was first mentioned in a document of the Werden AbbeyWerden Abbey
Werden Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Essen-Werden , situated on the Ruhr.- The foundation of the abbey :Near Essen Saint Ludger founded a monastery in 799 and became its first abbot. The little church which Saint Ludger built here in honor of Saint Stephen was completed in 804 and dedicated...
in 1093. Later it belonged to the Duchy of Berg
Berg (state)
Berg was a state – originally a county, later a duchy – in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.-Ascent:...
and became a free city in 1808. After the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
Mülheim was Prussian and from 1822 was a part of the Prussian Rhine Province
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg...
. Mülheim became the centre of the Ruhr Uprising
Ruhr Uprising
The Ruhr uprising was a left-wing workers' revolt in the Ruhr in March 1920. The uprising took place initially on the occasion of the call for a general strike issued by the Social Democrat members of the German government in response to the Kapp Putsch of 13 March 1920:The first demonstrations...
in 1920.
Boroughs
| # | Borough | District | Area [km²] | Population | Density [km²] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altstadt I | Rechtsruhr-Süd | 3,20 | 19.741 | 6.169 |
| 2 | Altstadt II | Rechtsruhr-Süd | 5,79 | 24.718 | 4.269 |
| 3 | Styrum Styrum Styrum was an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Mülheim an der Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It held no seat in the Diet, and was totally circumvened by the lordship of Broich.... |
Rechtsruhr-Nord | 4,44 | 15.605 | 3.515 |
| 4 | Dümpten | Rechtsruhr-Nord | 5,51 | 19.031 | 3.454 |
| 5 | Heißen | Rechtsruhr-Süd | 8,88 | 21.537 | 2.425 |
| 6 | Menden-Holthausen | Rechtsruhr-Süd | 17,30 | 13.778 | 796 |
| 7 | Saarn | Linksruhr | 26,92 | 23.878 | 887 |
| 8 | Broich Broich Broich may refer to several places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany :*Broich, a part of Dormagen... |
Linksruhr | 8,78 | 13.941 | 1.588 |
| 9 | Speldorf | Linksruhr | 10,46 | 18.183 | 1.738 |
International relations
Mülheim is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with: Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, since 1953 Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, since 1962 Kuusankoski
Kuusankoski
Kuusankoski is a former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. The population of Kuusankoski was 20,392 and the total area was 129.5 km² of which 114 km² was land and 14.56 km² water. It is located some ...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, from 1972 to 2008 Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, since 1989 Kfar Sava, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, since 1993 Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
-Beykoz
Beykoz
Beykoz is a district in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. Beykoz includes everything from the streams of Küçüksu and Göksu up to the opening of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and the villages in the hinterland as far as the river of Riva...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, since 2007 Kouvola
Kouvola
Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, since 2009 Qalqilyah
Qalqilyah
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, Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
, friendship
Notable bands
- Bohren & der Club of GoreBohren & der Club of GoreBohren & der Club of Gore is a German ambient/jazz band from Nordrhein-Westfalen.-History:The band was founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany by Thorsten Benning, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Reiner Henseleit. Originally, group members started out playing in various hardcore bands such...
(founded 1992), a jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
& ambientAmbient musicAmbient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
band - Die LokalmatadoreDie LokalmatadoreDie Lokalmatadore is a German punk band from Mülheim an der Ruhr, Lower-Rhine region in Germany Northrhine-Westphalia.- Albums :* Ein Leben für die Ärmsten * Arme Armee * Heute ein König .....
(founded 1982), a punkPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band
Notable clubs
- 1. FC Mülheim1. FC MülheimFC 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 Spielverein 08, Styrum 08 and Oberhausener Spielverein...
(founded 1923), a football clubFootball teamA football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a... - VfB SpeldorfVfB SpeldorfVfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Squad 2009–2010:-History:...
(founded 1919), a football club
Notable companies
- PlusPlus (supermarket)Plus was a German supermarket chain founded in 1972. It operated 2,840 stores in Germany with an approximate 27,000 employees and about 1,200 stores in several other European countries...
(founded 1972), a supermarket chainSupermarketA supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments... - TengelmannTengelmann GroupTengelmann 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:*A&P Tea Company ; 362 stores...
(founded 1867), a holding companyHolding companyA holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
Notable institutes
- Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic ChemistryMax Planck Institute for Bioinorganic ChemistryThe Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry is a scientific research facility located in the German town of Mülheim, northeast of Düsseldorf. It is named after physicist Max Planck. It was first part of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and then became independent under the name of...
- Max Planck Institute for Coal ResearchMax Planck Institute for Coal ResearchThe Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung is a chemical research institute located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. The institute is part of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, a network of scientific research institutes mainly located in Germany...
Notable people
- Wilhelm RittenhausenWilliam Rittenhouse-Life:William Rittenhouse was born in Germany with the name Wilhelm Rittenhausen. His name as "Willm Rittenhuysen" was on a petition for naturalization of residents of German Town, Pennsylvania dated 7th May 1691....
(born 1644), founder of the first paper millPaper millA paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier machine or other type of paper machine.- History :...
in North America. - Gerhard TersteegenGerhard TersteegenGerhard Tersteegen , was a German Reformed religious writer, born at Moers, at that time the capital of a countship belonging to the house of Orange-Nassau , which formed a Protestant enclave in the midst of a Roman Catholic country.After being educated at the gymnasium of his native town,...
(born 1697), a Reformed religious writer. - Carl Arnold KortumCarl Arnold KortumCarl Arnold Kortum 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....
(born 1745), a physician, best known for his writing and poetry. - August BungertAugust BungertAugust Bungert was a German opera composer and poet.-Early life:Bungert was born in Mülheim. His unusual musical talent was noticed and nurtured at high school by his teacher, Heinrich Kufferath, the brother of the composer Ferdinand Kufferath...
(born 1845), an opera composer and poet. - Hugo StinnesHugo Stinnes-Life and career:Stinnes was born in Mülheim, in the Ruhr Valley, North German Confederation. His father was also named Hugo, and his grandfather Matthias Stinnes had founded a modest enterprise in Mülheim....
(born 1870), an industrialist and founder of the German People's PartyGerman People's PartyThe German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:...
. - Fritz ThyssenFritz ThyssenFriedrich "Fritz" Thyssen was a German businessman born into one of Germany's leading industrial families.-Youth:Thyssen was born in Mülheim in the Ruhr area...
(born 1873), an industrialist associated with the Nazi PartyNational Socialist German Workers PartyThe National Socialist German Workers' Party , commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party , existed from 1919 to 1920...
of Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
. - Heinrich Thyssen (born 1875), a GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and art collector. - Arthur KaufmannArthur Kaufmann (artist)Arthur Kaufmann was an influential avante-garde German painter, who was a key figure in the Post-Expressionist and New Objectivity art movements....
(born 1888), an influential painter. - Walter HartmannWalter HartmannWalter Hartmann was a German general of Artillery, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
(born 1891), a generalGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
of ArtilleryArtilleryOriginally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
, serving during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. - Otto PankokOtto PankokOtto Pankok was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor.-Biography:He was born in Mülheim on the Ruhr. In 1912 he began his formal training as an artist at the Art Academies in Düsseldorf and Weimar...
(born 1893), a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. - Otto RoelenOtto RoelenOtto Roelen was a German chemist.Roelen studied chemistry and graduated in 1922 from Technische Hochschule Stuttgart. He worked with Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research from 1922...
(born 1897), a chemist. - Karl ZieglerKarl ZieglerKarl Waldemar Ziegler 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 compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly...
(born 1898), a chemist who won the Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio NattaGiulio NattaGiulio Natta was an Italian chemist and Nobel laureate. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for work on high polymers.-Early years:...
, for work on polymers. - Clärenore StinnesClärenore StinnesClärenore Stinnes was a German car racer; she and Swedish cinematographer Carl-Axel Söderström were the first people to circumnavigate the world by automobile....
(born 1901), a car racer; who was the first human to circumnavigate the world by automobile. - Werner BestWerner BestDr. Werner Best was a German Nazi, jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer and Nazi Party leader from Darmstadt, Hesse. He studied law and in 1927 obtained his doctorate degree at Heidelberg...
(born 1903), a jurist, police chief, and Nazi leader. - Fritz BuchlohFritz BuchlohFritz Buchloh was a German football goalkeeper. He was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.He was a participant in the two World Cups, in 1934 and 1938.In the domestic league he played for VfB Speldorf....
(born 1909), a football goalkeeper at two World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
s in 1934 and 1938, who played for VfB SpeldorfVfB SpeldorfVfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Squad 2009–2010:-History:...
. - Günther SmendGünther SmendGünther Smend was a German officer and a member of the resistance involved in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.- Life :...
(born 1912), an officer and a resistance fighter involved in the July 20 PlotJuly 20 PlotOn 20 July 1944, an attempt was made to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of the Third Reich, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The plot was the culmination of the efforts of several groups in the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi-led German government...
to assassinateAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
Adolf Hitler. - Johannes BölterJohannes BölterHauptmann Johannes Bölter was a German Heer tank commander during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
(born 1915), a HeerHeerHeer is German for "army". Generally, its use as "army" is not restricted to any particular country, so "das britische Heer" would mean "the British army".However, more specifically it can refer to:*An army of Germany:...
tank commander during World War II. - Karl AlbrechtKarl AlbrechtKarl Hans Albrecht is a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He is among the richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth in 2011 of $25.5 billion according to Forbes, which ranks him 12th in its 2011 list of billionaires - making him...
(born 1920), an entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain AldiALDIALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
with his brother TheoTheo AlbrechtTheodor Paul Albrecht , generally known as Theo Albrecht, was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He owned and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owned the Trader Joe's...
and among the richest men in the world. - Theo AlbrechtTheo AlbrechtTheodor Paul Albrecht , generally known as Theo Albrecht, was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He owned and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owned the Trader Joe's...
(born 1922), an entrepreneur who was ranked as the 20th richest person in the world by Forbes magazine in 2007. - Wilhelm KnabeWilhelm KnabeDr. Wilhelm Knabe is a noted German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant, politician and a co-founder of the Green Party in Germany. He served as one of three speakers of the Greens at the federal level from November 1982 until December 1984. He also served as the 1. Speaker of the party in the...
(born 1923), an ecologist, pacifist, civil servant, politician and a co-founder of the Green PartyAlliance '90/The GreensAlliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...
in Germany. - Wim ThoelkeWim ThoelkeGeorg Heinrich Willem Thoelke was a German TV entertainer. He worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie Aktuelles Sportstudio on German channel ZDF...
(born 1927), a TV entertainer. - Jürgen Sundermann (born 1940), a manager and former footballer.
- Hans WalitzaHans WalitzaHans Walitza is a retired German football striker and manager.-External links:*...
(born 1945), a retired football striker and manager. - Rudolf SeligerRudolf SeligerRudolf „Rudi“ Seliger is a former football striker .-References / External links:*...
(born 1951), a former football striker, who played for MSV DuisburgMSV DuisburgMSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
. - Bodo HombachBodo HombachBodo Hombach , German politician, Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and now Publishing House Director, was also Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks in Schröder's first Cabinet from 1998 to 1999. Hombach then changed jobs and became EU Special...
(born 1952), a politician and Member of the SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
. - Monika GriefahnMonika GriefahnMonika Griefahn is co-founder of Greenpeace Germany and a German politician of the SPD .She was a Member of the German Parliament , functioning as an expert on culture and the media as well as foreign policy. From 1990 to 1998 she was the Minister of the Environment in the State of Lower Saxony...
(born 1954), a politician of the SPD. - Hans-Günter BrunsHans-Günter BrunsHans-Günter Bruns is a retired German footballer.-International career:He earned four caps for the West Germany national football team in 1984, and was included in the West German team for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, but did not play.-Coaching career:Bruns is the athletic...
(born 1954), a retired footballer. - Helge SchneiderHelge SchneiderHelge Schneider is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor....
(born 1955), a comedian, jazz musician, author, film and theatre director, and actor. - Ralph MorgensternRalph MorgensternRalph Morgenstern is a German actor and TV-moderator.Morgenstern works in theatre, films, and in German TV...
(born 1956), a television presenter and actor. - Ulla Kock am BrinkUlla Kock am BrinkUlla Kock am Brink is a German television presenter.- Life :From 1981 to 1984, Kock am Brink studied German studies, Spanish studies and Social sciences at university in Bonn...
(born 1961), a television presenter - Hannelore KraftHannelore KraftHannelore Kraft is a German politician. She is the leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia and the current Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kraft is the first woman to fill this post since it was created in 1946...
(born 1961), a politician (SPD) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia. - Ralf LübkeRalf LübkeRalf Lübke is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 x 400 metres relay bronze medal with his teammates Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt and Jörg Vaihinger...
(born 1965), a retired athlete who specialized in the 200 metres200 metresA 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
. - Willi LandgrafWilli LandgrafWilli Landgraf is a retired German soccer player, last playing for the amateurs of Schalke 04.-Career:...
(born 1968), a soccer player, currently playing for the amateurs of Schalke 04. - Sven MeinhardtSven MeinhardtSven Meinhardt 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...
(born 1971), a field hockey forward, who won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
. - Kai GehringKai GehringKai Gehring is a German politician.After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003....
(born 1977), a politician. - André LenzAndré LenzAndré Lenz is a German football goalkeeper who plays for VfL Wolfsburg.-Career:Lenz began his football career as a professional in 1999. Back then, he played for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2001 he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus, who were playing in the first division...
(born 1973), a football goalkeeper. - Lars BurgsmüllerLars BurgsmullerLars Burgsmüller , is a male German tennis player.-Singles :-Doubles:-External link, references:* *...
(born 1975), a tennis player. - Marion Rodewald (born 1976), a field hockey defender, who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. - Felix ErdmannFelix ErdmannFelix Erdmann is a German Rowing cox.- References :...
(born 1978), a rowing cox. - Simone HanselmannSimone HanselmannSimone Hanselmann is a German actress.She started as a model and from 1998 to 1999, she played the role the bulimic schizophrenic model Anna Meisner in the series Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten.She has worked in movies such as Flashback – Mörderische Ferien and in more television series like...
(born 1979), an actress. - Salih AltınSalih AltınSalih Altın is a Turkish football player, who is currently playing for Eskişehirspor.-Notes:...
(born 1987), a football player.