Heide
Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Heide (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪdə] ⓘ; 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.
01Sport
The association soccer club Heider SV plays in the Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein (V).
02Education
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)
03Notable 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
04Notable 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
05International relations
There is a twinning between Kreis Dithmarschen and Restormel Borough Council.
Sources and credits
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- Heide am markt.JPG by Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Klaus Groth (Allers, Kunsthalle Kiel).jpg by Christian Wilhelm Allers, Public domain
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