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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = Heide am markt.JPG
|image_flag           = Flagge Heide.svg
|image_coa            = DEU Heide COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|54|11|46|N|9|5|36|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|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           = [http://www.heide.de/ www.heide.de]
|mayor     = Oliver Schmidt-Gutzat
|party            = SPD
|pop_source =  
}}

'''Heide''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhaɪdə|-|De-Heide2.ogg}}; [[Holsatian dialect|Holsatian]]: ''Heid'') is a town in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) [[Dithmarschen]]. Population: 22,000.

The [[German language|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 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://btz-heide.de/ |title=Home|accessdate= 2024-11-16}} </ref>
* RKiSH-Akademie <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rkish.de/startseite.html |title=Home|accessdate= 2024-11-16}} </ref>
* Volkshochschule Heide <ref>{{cite web|url=https://vhs.heide.de/ |title=Home|accessdate= 2024-11-16}} </ref>
* Fachhochschule Westküste Institut für die Transformation des Energiesystems (ITE) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fh-westkueste.de/ite |title=Home|accessdate= 2024-11-16}} </ref>

==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==
[[File:Klaus Groth (Allers, Kunsthalle Kiel).jpg|150px|thumb|Klaus Groth, 1888]]
* [[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|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

There is a [[town twinning|twinning]] between Kreis [[Dithmarschen]] and [[Restormel]] Borough Council.<ref>[http://beehive.thisiscornwall.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=12946&PageID=79437 The official Restormel Dithmarschen Twinning Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701010129/http://beehive.thisiscornwall.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=12946&PageID=79437 |date=2007-07-01 }} Accessed 2008-08-16</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Restormel]], England, [[United Kingdom]]
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Nowogard]], [[Poland]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Anklam]], [[Germany]]

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto	
| location = Elpersbüttel{{efn|Elpersbüttel is located approximately {{convert|14|km|1|abbr=out}} south of Heide.}} (1991–2020 normals)
| metric first = Y	
| single line = Y	
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = 	3.9
|Feb high C = 	4.3
|Mar high C = 	7.9
|Apr high C = 	13.2
|May high C = 	16.8
|Jun high C = 	19.6
|Jul high C = 	22.1
|Aug high C = 	22.0
|Sep high C = 	18.5
|Oct high C = 	13.4
|Nov high C = 	8.5
|Dec high C = 	5.2
| year high C =	13.1
|Jan mean C = 	2.0
|Feb mean C = 	2.1
|Mar mean C = 	4.5
|Apr mean C = 	8.6
|May mean C = 	12.4
|Jun mean C = 	15.6
|Jul mean C = 	17.7
|Aug mean C = 	17.6
|Sep mean C = 	14.4
|Oct mean C = 	10.5
|Nov mean C = 	6.2
|Dec mean C = 	3.3
|year mean C = 	9.6
|Jan low C = 	-0.6
|Feb low C = 	-0.6
|Mar low C = 	1.0
|Apr low C = 	4.0
|May low C = 	7.6
|Jun low C = 	10.8
|Jul low C = 	13.0
|Aug low C = 	13.0
|Sep low C = 	10.5
|Oct low C = 	6.9
|Nov low C = 	3.6
|Dec low C = 	0.9
| year low C =	5.9
|Jan sun = 44.7
|Feb sun = 75.7
|Mar sun = 140.7
|Apr sun = 212.1
|May sun = 241.0
|Jun sun = 226.8
|Jul sun = 234.1
|Aug sun = 208.1
|Sep sun = 153.5
|Oct sun = 104.5
|Nov sun = 54.6
|Dec sun = 40.1
|year sun = 1739.4
|Jan humidity = 91.0
|Feb humidity = 88.6
|Mar humidity = 85.2
|Apr humidity = 78.7
|May humidity = 77.5
|Jun humidity = 78.8
|Jul humidity = 79.2
|Aug humidity = 80.5
|Sep humidity = 83.9
|Oct humidity = 88.4
|Nov humidity = 91.7
|Dec humidity = 92.0
| year humidity =83.6
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
| 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
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Elpersbuettel_10130.csv
| title = Elpersbüttel Climate Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = 16 September 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Heide St-Juergen-Kirche imgp1940 wp.jpg|[[Saint George|St. Jürgen-Kirche]] (1560)
File:Heide Wasserturm.jpg|Water tower (1903)
File:Heide zütphen allee.jpg|{{Interlanguage link multi|Heinrich von Zütphen|de}} memorial
File:Carpe noctem.jpg|''carpe noctem'' sign at the medieval market 2008 in Heide
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Heide (Holstein)}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Heide |short=x}}

{{Cities and municipalities in Kreis Dithmarschen district}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Dithmarschen]]