Mülheim (Ruhr) West station Mülheim (Ruhr) West station Mülheim (Ruhr) West station is located in the German city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station was opened 1 March 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and was called "Mülheim (BM)" station until 1892, when it was renamed "Mülheim (Ruhr)". Although it was larger than the station now known as Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof, it was not accepted as the town's main station, because it was too far from its central area. On 26 May
International Authority for the Ruhr and Steel Community (ECSC). The IAR ended its work on 27 May 1952. The early French plans were concerned with keeping Germany weak and strengthening the French economy at the expense of that of Germany (see the Monnet Plan). French foreign policy aimed at dismantling German heavy industry, placing the coal-rich Ruhr area and Rhineland under French control or at a minimum internationalize them, and also joining the coal-rich Saarland with the iron-rich province of Lorraine (which had been handed over from Germany to France again in 1944). When American diplomats reminded the French of what a devastating effect this