Mühlheim an der Donau

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Mühlheim an der Donau


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Freiburg
District	Tuttlingen
Population	3,495 (2004)
Area	21.73 km²
Population density	161 /km²
Elevation	639 m
Coordinates	48°2′ N 08°53′ E
Postal code	78570
Area code	07463
Licence plate code	TUT
Mayor	Jörg Kaltenbach
Website	muehlheim-donau.de

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Mühlheim an der Donau (or alternatively in English Mühlheim on the Danube) is a town in the district Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 7 km northeast of Tuttlingen.

[edit] History

While today the largest part of the city is on the right of the Danube, the city Mühlheim took its beginning on the left of the Danube, in the old part of town in such a way specified. There a waterspring donated itself the whole year over enough water for the drive of millwheels and for the following settlement. At the latest since the Romanesque architecture imperium watermills can be proven there, which gave then also the name to the place. Important was also an old trade route, which crossed and then into the Albvorland after Rottweil continued to lead the Danube from the Bodensee coming with Mühlheim in a ford.
The first documentary mention of the city dates on the year 843.

[edit] Attractions

The timber framed Gothic city hall has been a listed historical monument since 1928. The earliest known written record dates to 1512, but a Romanesque capital is believed to date from around 1200.

The castle was first built around 1200 and was reconstructed in its present form in the mid 18th century.

The Galluschurch is Mühlheim's cemetery church. Parts of the building are Romanesque and date from the 10th and 11th centuries. The interior has frescos from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The yellow rock offers a fantastic view on the meandering Danube valley.