Müllheim

For the town in Switzerland, see Müllheim, Switzerland.

See also: Mühlheim (disambiguation)

Müllheim
Müllheim
Location of the town of Müllheim within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Coordinates	47°48′30″N 7°37′51″E / 47.80833°N 7.63083°E / 47.80833; 7.63083Coordinates: 47°48′30″N 7°37′51″E / 47.80833°N 7.63083°E / 47.80833; 7.63083
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Town subdivisions	8
Mayor	René Alexander Lohs (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	57.91 km2 (22.36 sq mi)
Elevation	267 m  (876 ft)
Population	18,370 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	317 /km2 (822 /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

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.

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

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]

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

External links

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