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Mühlheim an der Donau

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Freiburg

Elevation
  
664 m (2,178 ft)

Area
  
21.73 km²

Population
  
3,571 (21 Jan 2016)

Dialling code
  
07463

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Tuttlingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Thursday 7:07 PM

Postal code
  
78570

Administrative region
  
Freiburg

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 77% Humidity

Street view m hlheim an der donau in germany


Mühlheim an der Donau (or alternatively in English Mühlheim on the Danube) is a town in the district Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 7 km northeast of Tuttlingen.

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History

While today the largest part of the city is on the right bank of the Danube, the city Mühlheim was founded on the left bank, where the old part of town is still to be found. There a spring provides enough water year-round to drive millwheels. There is evidence that watermills were built here as early as the Roman imperium. The place takes its name from this, Mühlheim being equivalent to the English cognates: Mill-Home. An old trade route from the Bodensee crossed the river here, and from the ford at Mühlheim continued into the Albvorland after Rottweil.
The first documentary mention of the city dates from the year 843.

Attractions

The timber framed Gothic city hall has been a listed historical monument since 1928. The earliest known written record dates to 1512, but a Romanesque capital is believed to date from around 1200.

The castle was first built around 1200 and was reconstructed in its present form in the mid 18th century.

The Galluschurch is Mühlheim's cemetery church. Parts of the building are Romanesque and date from the 10th and 11th centuries. The interior has frescos from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The yellow rock offers a fantastic view on the meandering Danube valley.

References

Mühlheim an der Donau Wikipedia