Mülheim
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 and Essen, bordering to the south of the City of Oberhausen and 30 km to the north-east of Düsseldorf. It is home to many companies, especially in the food industry such as the ALDI Süd Company (Karl Albrecht) or the Tengelmann Group.
Educational and Research Institutes
A number of research and scientific educational institutions are located in Mülheim, including:
- Max Planck Institutes:
- Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Twin cities
Mülheim's twin cities include:
 Darlington, England, since 1953, which also has a street named after it (Mulheim Cresent) off Bates Avenue Tours, France, since 1962 Kuusankoski, Finland, since 1972
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Notable people
- Hugo Stinnes, an industrialist and founder of the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) was born here in 1870.
- Fritz Thyssen, an industrialist associated with the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler was born here in 1873. He fled the party following the events of Kristallnacht and was eventually captured. He was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen until the end of the war. Following that, he fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he died in 1951.
- Helge Schneider, an actor, film and theatre director, comic, singer and jazz musician was born here in 1955.
- Fritz Buchloh, football goalkeeper at two World Cups
- Günther Smend, German officer and a resistance fighter involved in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany |
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Aachen · Borken · Coesfeld · Düren · Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis · Euskirchen · Gütersloh · Heinsberg · Herford · Hochsauerland · Höxter · Kleve (Cleves) · Lippe · Märkischer Kreis · Mettmann · Minden-Lübbecke · Oberbergischer Kreis · Olpe · Paderborn · Recklinghausen · Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis · Rhein-Erft-Kreis · Rhein-Kreis Neuss · Rhein-Sieg-Kreis · Siegen-Wittgenstein · Soest · Steinfurt · Unna · Viersen · Warendorf · Wesel
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