# Heitersheim

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{{Infobox German place
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Heitersheim COA.svg
|image_flag         = Flagge Heitersheim.png
|image_photo = Heitersheim, Rathaus.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|52|31|N|7|39|17|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Heitersheim in FR.svg
|state        = Baden-Württemberg
|region  = Freiburg
|district         = Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
|elevation              = 254
|area            = 11.71
|postal_code               = 79423
|area_code           = 07634
|licence               = FR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 15 050
|divisions         = 2
|website           = [https://www.heitersheim.de/ www.heitersheim.de]
|mayor             = Christoph Zachow<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;28
|party             = independent
}}

'''Heitersheim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhaɪtɐsˌhaɪm|-|De-Heitersheim.ogg}}; {{langx|gsw|Heitersche}}) is a town in the district [Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald](/source/Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald), [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) in southern [Germany](/source/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](/source/Knights_Hospitaller) from 1505 until 1806 and also the seat of the [Principality of Heitersheim](/source/Principality_of_Heitersheim) of the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire) from 1546 until 1806.

==Geography==
The city is located in [Markgräflerland](/source/Markgr%C3%A4flerland) in southern [Upper Rhine](/source/Upper_Rhine) region. The city contains older central part Heitersheim and newer Gallenweiler. The proximity to the [Black Forest](/source/Black_Forest) and high point [Belchen](/source/Belchen) at 1,414 m (4,639 ft) can be seen in the distance from some points in the city.

=== Geology ===
The soil type in Heitersheim is [Loess](/source/Loess). Towards the east are loess-rich hills. This is cultivated with [corn](/source/Maize), [grain](/source/grain), and [vineyards](/source/Vineyard).

The [Sulzbach](/source/Sulzbach_(Rhine)) is a river that flows through Heitersheim. It originates further in the black forest at Bad Sulzburg and empties into the [Rhine](/source/Rhine).

The [Rhine River Fault](/source/Upper_Rhine_Plain) runs through Heitersheim along the west part of the city.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pena-Castellnou |first=Sara |last2=Hürtgen |first2=Jochen |last3=Baize |first3=Stéphane |last4=Jomard |first4=Hervé |last5=Cushing |first5=Edward M. |last6=Abbas |first6=Wahid |last7=Reicherter |first7=Klaus |date=2025-01-15 |title=Active faulting of the southern segment of the Rhine River Fault, southern Germany: Geomorphological and paleoseismological evidence |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618224004087 |journal=Quaternary International |volume=716 |pages=109589 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2024.11.007 |issn=1040-6182|doi-access=free }}</ref>

==History==
*777. Mentioned for the first time in Lorscher codex
*1272. Acquired by the [Knights Hospitaller](/source/Knights_Hospitaller).
*1505. Became permanent seat of the Hospitaller German priory.
*1546. Acquired [imperial immediacy](/source/imperial_immediacy) under the emperor.
*1806. Principality dissolved and city annexed to [Grand Duchy of Baden](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden).
*1847. Railway Freiburg-Basel passes through city
*1971. Unification with Gallenweiler

==Partner cities==
The Austrian town of [Vandans](/source/Vandans) is the sister city of Heitersheim since 1991.

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (district)}}
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Category:Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Category:Knights Hospitaller

{{BreisgauHochschwarzwald-geo-stub}}

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