From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Heide

Field	Value
type	Stadt
image_photo	Heide am markt.JPG
image_flag	Flagge Heide.svg
image_coa	DEU Heide COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Heide in HEI.png
state	Schleswig-Holstein
district	Dithmarschen
elevation	11
area	31.97
postal_code	25746
area_code	0481
licence	HEI,MED
Gemeindeschlüssel	01 0 51 044
website	www.heide.de
mayor	Oliver Schmidt-Gutzat
party	SPD

Heide (; Holsatian: Heid) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Dithmarschen. Population: 22,000.

The German word Heide means "heath". In the 15th century four adjoining villages decided to build a church in the "middle of the heath". This remained the town's name to date. The exact foundation date is now unknown, but by 1447 Heide was already the main village of Dithmarschen. At this time Dithmarschen was an independent peasant republic. Heide became a town in the 19th century.

Heide has the largest un-built-upon market square in Germany, with 4.7 hectares. It is used primarily as a parking lot and has approximately 500 parking spaces. In 2016, the city staged 3 car-free Sundays on the market square for the first time.

Sport

The association soccer club Heider SV plays in the Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein (V).

Education

There are some notable educational institutes in the town

BTZ Heide gGmbH
RKiSH-Akademie
Volkshochschule Heide
Fachhochschule Westküste Institut für die Transformation des Energiesystems (ITE)

Notable landmarks

St. Jürgen church (1560)
Water tower (1903)
Museum of Dithmarschen History
Brahmshaus, dwelling house of the ancestors of the composer Johannes Brahms, now a museum

Notable people

Klaus Groth (1819–1899), a Low German poet
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer; his father came from Heide
Paul Christoph Hennings (1841–1908), mycologist and herbarium curator.
Alfred Dührssen (1862–1933), gynecologist and obstetrician
Rudolph Dirks (1877–1968), comic-strip artist
Carl-Heinz Rodenberg (1904–1995), neurologist and psychiatrist, proficient in the murder of mental patients by the Nazis
Hauke Harder (born 1963), composer and experimental physicist.
Klaus Florian Vogt (born 1970), operatic tenor; sings roles written by Richard Wagner.

Sport

Willi Gerdau (1929–2011), international footballer
Julian Grundt (born 1988), former footballer
Fritz Thiedemann (1918–2000), equestrian

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

There is a twinning between Kreis Dithmarschen and Restormel Borough Council.

UK Restormel, England, United Kingdom
Poland Nowogard, Poland
Germany Anklam, Germany

Climate

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230916125937/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Elpersbuettel_10130.csv | archive-date = 16 September 2023 | access-date = 16 September 2023}}

Gallery

File:Heide St-Juergen-Kirche imgp1940 wp.jpg|St. Jürgen-Kirche (1560) File:Heide Wasserturm.jpg|Water tower (1903) File:Heide zütphen allee.jpg| memorial File:Carpe noctem.jpg|carpe noctem sign at the medieval market 2008 in Heide

Notes

References

"Home".
"Home".
"Home".
"Home".
link. (2007-07-01 Accessed 2008-08-16)

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

dithmarschen

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Heide — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report