Müllheim

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See also: Mühlheim
Müllheim
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Müllheim
Müllheim (Germany)
Müllheim
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Town subdivisions 8 Stadtteile
Mayor René Alexander Lohs (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 57.91 km² (22.4 sq mi)
Elevation 267 m  (876 ft)
Population 18,166  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 314 /km² (812 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FR
Postal codes 79371–79379
Area code 07631
Website www.muellheim.de
Location of the town of Müllheim within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Map

Coordinates: 47°48′30″N 07°37′51″E / 47.80833, 7.63083

view towards west in central Müllheim
view towards west in central Müllheim

Müllheim is a town in the south-western Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, Germany in the so called Drei-Länder-Eck of Germany, France and Switzerland. It belongs to the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Mullheim is generally considered to be the center of the region known as Markgräflerland.

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[edit] Population

Inhabitants: 17,630 (February 2002) as follows - 12,030 Central Müllheim 1,351 Hügelheim; 1,235 Niederweiler; 991 Britzingen; 812 Vögisheim; 636 Feldberg; 362 Dattingen; 215 Zunzingen.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Education

[edit] 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

[edit] Profession based schools

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

[edit] Miscellaneous schools

  • Forum Jugend-Beruf
  • Grundschulförderklasse
  • Sprachheilkindergarten

[edit] Transportation

Müllheim has its own train stop on the Freiburg/Basel line, serviced by the Deutsche Bahn.

  • From Müllheim schedule [1]
  • To Müllheim schedule [2]

[edit] 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.

Archealogy shows however that Müllheim was inhabited even prior to this. During the renovation of the Martins-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 belongings in the region.

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