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unusual facts about Mülheim an der Ruhr



Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg

Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg (29 March 1642 in Dagsburg – 27 April 1702) was, by descent, Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg and, by inheritance, Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel.

Fischer–Tropsch process

It was first developed by Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch at the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung" in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany in 1925.

Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn

The cities of Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Oberhausen, Recklinghausen and Wattenscheid founded the Stadtbahngesellschaft Ruhr in 1969 for coordinating the plans to transform tram routes into Stadtbahn routes.


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William Rittenhouse

William was a papermaking apprentice in Germany where he worked at a mill in Broich near the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr.