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Heitersheim (; ) is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Since October 1, 2022 it may use the name Malteserstadt Heitersheim.

Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_coa
DEU Heitersheim COA.svg
German place.image_flag
Flagge Heitersheim.png
German place.image_photo
Heitersheim, Rathaus.jpg
German place.image_caption
Town hall
German place.image_plan
Heitersheim in FR.svg
German place.state
Baden-Württemberg
German place.region
Freiburg
German place.district
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
German place.elevation
254
German place.area
11.71
German place.postal_code
79423
German place.area_code
07634
German place.licence
FR
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
08 3 15 050
German place.divisions
2
German place.website
www.heitersheim.de
German place.mayor
Christoph Zachow

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Population
6495
Area
11.71
Elevation
254
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Fessenheim
Official website
www.heitersheim.de
Image
Malteserschloss (Heitersheim) jm29629.jpg
Dialing code
07634
Licence plate code
FR
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twinned administrative body
Vandans
postal code
79423
Commons category
Heitersheim
reference URL
www.heitersheim.de
hashtag
Heitersheim
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Encyclopedic overview

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Heitersheim (; ) is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Since October 1, 2022 it may use the name Malteserstadt Heitersheim.

It was the seat of the Grand Prior of Germany of the Knights Hospitaller from 1505 until 1806 and also the seat of the Principality of Heitersheim of the Holy Roman Empire from 1546 until 1806.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heitersheim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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