Pulheim

Pulheim

Pulheim

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Pulheim (pronunciationⓘ; Ripuarian: Pullem) is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Since the 1920s, a large substation of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG (RWE) is located at Pulheim. It is the end of the North–South Powerline and a large control center for the power grid of the RWE.

In the communal reform of 1975, several previously independent municipalities were added to the municipality Pulheim, which received city rights in 1981. Pulheim consists of 12 quarters (Stadtteile), including Brauweiler, Geyen and Stommeln.

Education

The following schools are in Pulheim:

  • Dietrich-Bonhoeffer Primary School, Pulheim
  • Catholic Primary School Barbara School, Pulheim
  • Community Primary School “Am Buschweg”, formerly known as “Am Wäldchen”, Pulheim
  • Richeza Community Primary School, Pulheim-Brauweiler
  • Wolfhelm School (primary school), Pulheim-Dansweiler
  • Community Primary School Sinnersdorf, Pulheim-Sinnersdorf
  • Community Primary School Sinthern-Geyen, Pulheim-Sinthern
  • Christina School (primary school), Pulheim-Stommeln
  • Catholic Primary School “An der Kopfbuche”, Pulheim-Stommeln
  • School at the Jahnstrasse, Pulheim
  • Community high school (Hauptschule), Pulheim
  • Marion-Dönhoff-Realschule (high school), Pulheim
  • Arthur-Koepchen-Realschule (high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler
  • Scholl-Siblings-Gymnasium (high school), Pulheim
  • Abbey-Gymnasium (high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler
  • Papst-Johannes XXIII-Schule (Italian: Scuola Papa Giovanni XXIII; "Pope John XXIII School") (high school), Pulheim-Stommeln
  • School for Handicapped Donatus-School (primary and high school), Pulheim-Brauweiler

Economy

Sport

  • Pulheimer SC
  • Linde German Masters, golf
  • FFC Brauweiler
  • SC Germania Geyen, football club
  • TUS Schwarz Weiss Brauweiler
  • Pulheim Gophers Baseballteam
  • The Raging Abbots Baseballteam
  • Reha-Sport-Verein

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Pulheim is twinned with:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Städtepartnerschaften". pulheim.de (in German). Pulheim. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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