Heitersheim

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Heitersheim
Heitersheim
Location of the town of Heitersheim within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Coordinates	47°52′31″N 7°39′17″E / 47.87528°N 7.65472°E / 47.87528; 7.65472Coordinates: 47°52′31″N 7°39′17″E / 47.87528°N 7.65472°E / 47.87528; 7.65472
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Town subdivisions	2
Mayor	Jürgen Ehret (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	11.71 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Elevation	254 m  (833 ft)
Population	6,092 (31 December 2011)[1]
- Density	520 /km2 (1,347 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FR
Postal code	79423
Area code	07634
Website	www.heitersheim.de

Heitersheim is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The name of the school located in Heitersheim is Johanniterschule.

Geography [edit]

The city is located in Markgräflerland in South Baden. The city contains older central part Heiterscheim and newer Gallenweiler.

History [edit]

• 777. The city is mentioned for the first time in Lorscher codex
• 1810. The becomes a city
• 1847. Railway Freiburg - Basel passes through city
• 1971. Unification with Gallenweiler

Partner cities [edit]

The Austrian town of [Vandas] is the sister city of Heitersheim.

See also [edit]

• Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller
• Knights Hospitaller

v t e Towns and municipalities in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (district) Au Auggen Badenweiler Bad Krozingen Ballrechten-Dottingen Bötzingen Bollschweil Breisach Breitnau Buchenbach Buggingen Ebringen Ehrenkirchen Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl Eisenbach Eschbach Feldberg Friedenweiler Glottertal Gottenheim Gundelfingen Hartheim am Rhein Heitersheim Heuweiler Hinterzarten Horben Ihringen Kirchzarten Lenzkirch Löffingen March Merdingen Merzhausen Müllheim Münstertal Neuenburg am Rhein Oberried Pfaffenweiler Schallstadt Schluchsee Sölden Sankt Märgen Sankt Peter Staufen Stegen Sulzburg Titisee-Neustadt Umkirch Vogtsburg Wittnau

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