| 1774-1780 |
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, orders
to make the river Ruhr navigable. An intensive traffic in coal develops,
making Mülheim the busiest river port in Europe.
|
| 1791 |
Johannes Caspar Troost builds a cotton
spinning mill, the second one on the European continent.
|
| 1808 |
Mülheim becomes a town. The population
is under 15,000.
|
| 1811 |
Johann Dinnendahl founds a "mechanical
workshop" in which steam engines are built.
|
| 1820 |
The Dinnendahl brothers build the first
iron works (later "Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte").
|
| 1829 |
A new outlay for the town centre, based
on a rectangular pattern, is proposed but never built.
|
| 1839 |
The market place is transferred from the
church hill to its present site; a town hall is built there.
|
| 1839 |
Aktienstrasse is built as a toll road between
the coal mines at Essen-Borbeck and the river port at Mülheim.
|
| 1840 |
The coal mine in Mülheim-Dümpten
is the biggest in the Ruhr district. The Ruhr is the busiest river
in Europe.
|
| 1842 |
The first bridge across the river is built.
|
| 1845 |
A zinc smelting plant is started.
|
| 1850 |
Mülheim has six large coal mines.
|
| 1862 |
The railway reaches Mülheim: The Bergisch-Märkische
Eisenbahn from Duisburg to Essen is built.
|
| 1866 |
The Rheinische Eisenbahn builds a railway
line through Speldorf and Broich which joins the existing on at today's
central station.
|
| 1871 |
August Thyssen starts his iron and mining
business which later becomes one of the world's leading steel companies.
|
| 1873 |
The zinc plant closes after years of controversy
over the pollution it causes.
|
| 1876 |
A third railway is built along the Ruhr
valley from Mülheim-Styrum to Kettwig.
|
| 1890 |
Freight transport on the Ruhr is given
up.
|
| 1897 |
The first tram line is built.
|
| 1900 |
Large estates for miners are built, e.g.
Mausegatt and Rosenblumendelle.
|
| 1908 |
The population rises to more than 100,000.
|
| c. 1910 |
Tanneries and leather factories are erected
on the left bank of the river.
|
| 1914 |
An institute for coal research (today called
"Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung") is founded.
|
| 1916 |
The present-day town hall is erected.
|
| 1926 |
The Stadthalle (civic hall) is built on
the left bank of the river.
|
| 1927 |
The present-day river port is opened.
|
| 1929 |
The villages of Ickten and Selbeck are
incorporated into the town.
|
| 1943 |
The town centre is destroyed in an air
raid.
|
| 1966 |
The last coal mine is closed.
|
| 1970 |
With more than 190,000 inhabitants, the
town's population reaches its peak.
|
| 1973 |
The Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum, a large shopping
mall, opens on the site of Zeche Humboldt, one of the old coal mines.
|
| 1975 |
The village of Mintard is incorporated
into the town.
|
| 1977 |
The light rail line between Essen and Mülheim
is opened.
|
| 1998 |
The light rail tunnel under the town centre
and the Ruhr is opened. |