Brühl

Sister cities

• Weixdorf
• Dourtenga Department
• Ormesson-sur-Marne

History

Rohrhof was first mentioned in documents in 976. This was the occasion of a gift from emperor Otto II to Hanno, the bishop of Worms. Brühl (Bruowele) was first mentioned in a document listing the income of the bishop of Speyer in 1157. From 1405 until 1600, the lords of Handschuhsheim governed the land as a temporal fief from Speyer and the Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhine. This division of temporal and spiritual dominion (condominium) ended with a treaty in which Speyer withdrew its worldly rights in 1709. In 1803 the towns became part of Baden. In 1878 the two independent communities of Brühl and Rohrhof were unified. In 1944 a part of Rohrhof was given to Mannheim. Live and celebrate on the Rhine is the motto of the communities jubilee, "850 Years Brühl" on 13 March 2007. {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Population |- | 1880 || align=right | 890 |- | 1910 || align=right | 1700 |- | 1925 || align=right | 3489 |- | 1950 || align=right | 5648 |- | 1976 || align=right | 11,967 |- | 1993 || align=right | 14,000 |- | 2003 || align=right | 14,303 |}

Geography

Mannheim lies directly on Brühl's northern border. The Rhine is to the west near the confluence of the Leimbach. The peninsular Koller Island (Kollerinsel) is one of the few pieces of land on the left bank of the Rhine that belong to Baden-Württemberg. This 4 km2 area is part of Brühl. It borders the communities of Altrip, Waldsee, and Otterstadt. To the south is Ketsch and to the east is Schwetzingen. The municipality consists of two boroughs: *Brühl *Rohrhof