Mülheim an der Ruhr (mül`hīm än dĕr r
r) or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr Ruhr , region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany and formerly known as one of the world's greatest industrial complexes. In the 1980s the coal and steel industries declined, leading to serious unemployment.
..... Click the link for more information. district and a road and rail traffic hub. The city formerly produced mainly coal and steel, but in the mid-20th cent. its products were diversified to include machinery, electrical goods, and chemicals. At the city's noted institute for coal research, the Fischer-Tropsch process for coal liquification and the Ziegler process for the production of polyethylene plastics were discovered. Mülheim was chartered in 1808. There is a 12th-century castle in the city.
r) or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr Ruhr , region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany and formerly known as one of the world's greatest industrial complexes. In the 1980s the coal and steel industries declined, leading to serious unemployment...... Click the link for more information. district and a road and rail traffic hub. The city formerly produced mainly coal and steel, but in the mid-20th cent. its products were diversified to include machinery, electrical goods, and chemicals. At the city's noted institute for coal research, the Fischer-Tropsch process for coal liquification and the Ziegler process for the production of polyethylene plastics were discovered. Mülheim was chartered in 1808. There is a 12th-century castle in the city.
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