Müllheim

Müllheim is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It belongs to the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Müllheim is generally considered to be the center of the region known as Markgräflerland.

This article is about the German town. For the town in Switzerland, see Müllheim, Switzerland. For other uses, see Mühlheim (disambiguation).

Müllheim
Coat of arms
Location of Müllheim within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Müllheim Show map of Germany Müllheim Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 47°48′N 7°38′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Subdivisions	8
Government
• Mayor	Astrid Siemes-Knoblich
Area
• Total	57.91 km^2 (22.36 sq mi)
Elevation	267 m (876 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	19,127
• Density	330/km^2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	79371–79379
Dialling codes	07631
Vehicle registration	FR
Website	www.muellheim.de

History

On October 27, 758 Strachfried gave as a gift to the monastery of St. Gallen his properties in Müllheim, including the vineyards. This deed is in the archives of St. Gallen and it is where we today can find the first written reference to the "villa Mulinhaimo", which is the current city of Müllheim.

Archeology shows however that Müllheim was inhabited even earlier than this. During the renovation of the Martin's church in 1980 and 1981 the workers came upon a portion of a Roman villa. It is assumed that it is the center of large Roman possessions in the region.

Population

Inhabitants: 17,630 (February 2002) as follows - 12,030 Central Müllheim 1351 Hügelheim; 1235 Niederweiler; 991 Britzingen; 812 Vögisheim; 636 Feldberg; 362 Dattingen; 215 Zunzingen.

Geography

Müllheim is located in the center of Markgräflerland, in between the "Bath triangle" of Badenweiler, Bad Krozingen and Bad Bellingen. The city lies between the Rhine valley and the Black Forest with hills devoted largely to vineyards.

Müllheim is bordered by Auggen (to the south), Vögisheim to the southeast, and Hügelheim to the north. The main artery is the B3 which runs a north-south route along Müllheim's western side. It lies between Freiburg in the north and Basel, Switzerland to the south on this route.

Economy

Local jobs roughly. 8,000 of which about 3,000 are industrial, mainly work with glass, and metal.

Commuting:

• Incoming: about 4,000
• Outgoing: about 3,000

Education

General schools

• Michael-Friedrich-Wild-Grundschule
• Rosenburg Grundschule
• Grundschule Britzingen
• Adolf-Blankenhorn-Hauptschule
• Albert-Julius-Sievert-Förder- u. Sprachheilschule Heilpädagogisches Förderzentrum
• Alemannen-Realschule
• Markgräfler Gymnasium
• Freie Waldorfschule

Professional schools

• Georg-Kerschensteiner-Schule Gewerbliche Schulen
• House (Home economics) and agricultural Schools
• Commercial Schools

Miscellaneous schools

• Forum Jugend-Beruf
• Grundschulförderklasse
• Sprachheilkindergarten

Transport

Müllheim (Baden) station is on the Rhine Valley Railway, which is serviced by Deutsche Bahn.

• From Müllheim schedule
• To Müllheim schedule

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns and cities

Müllheim is twinned with:

• Gray, France
• Vevey, Switzerland[2]

People

• Ernst Krieck (1882-1947), teacher, writer and professor, influential on pedagogy in national socialism
• Joscha Kiefer (born 1982), actor

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
2. "Association Suisse des Communes et Régions d'Europe". L'Association suisse pour le Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe (ASCCRE) (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

External links

• Official Web site (in German)
• History and many images (in German)