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Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Heide

Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Heide
Heide · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Dithmarschen. Population: 22,000.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Heide

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Klaus-Groth-Museum

    The Klaus-Groth-Museum is a museum in Heide, Germany. It was established in 1914 in the birthplace of the Low German poet Klaus Groth.

    400 m · museum in Heide, Germany · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Heider Wasserturm

    Constructed in 1903, the water tower is the highest in Schleswig-Holstein with 45,71 m.

  2. 02
    Marktplatz
  3. 03
    St. Jürgen Kirche, Markt 26 (southwest corner
  4. 04
    Brahmshaus

    Mon Tue closed, Wed Thu 11ː30-15ː30, Fri 11ː30-13ː30, Sat 13ː30-15ː30.

  5. 05
    Museumsinsel Luettenheid

    Luettenheid 40, museumsinsel@stadt-heide.de.

  6. 06
    Stadtpark

    Large park that offers many green areas to enjoy a small picnic and the sun.

From Wikivoyage: Heide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Minigolfplatz

    Mon-Fri 14ː00-17ː00, Sat Sun 13ː00-17ː00.

  2. 02
    Dithmarscher Wasserwelt

    Mon closed, Tue Thu Fri 06ː30-21ː00, Wed 15ː00-21ː00, Sat 09ː00-21ː00, Sun 09ː00-19ː00.

  3. 03
    Lichtblick Filmtheater

    The cinema is located on a famous shopping street in the center of the city.

  4. 04
    Stadttheater Heide

    It was founded in 1904 and has 3 halls and a lounge with a total of 465 seats.

  5. 05
    Heider Marktfrieden

    Mediaeval event, which takes place every two years on the market square.

From Wikivoyage: Heide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Marktpirat

    American restaurant with pancakes and sandwiches for breakfast.

  2. 02
    Alex Kitchen

    Restaurant that buys its ingredients sustainably and regionally.

  3. 03
    Restaurant Rhodos

    Greek restaurant that prepares dishes in the ancient Greek style.

  4. 04
    Restaurant Tripoli

    Italian restaurant that offers not only pizza and pasta, but also burgers, salads and seasonal extra dishes (such as chili con carne).

  5. 05
    West Waffel

    Central café, which serves homemade waffles.

From Wikivoyage: Heide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Heide

Airports
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 86 km · Bremen (BRE), 129 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 163 km
Stations
Heide (Holst) station, 600 m
  • Hamburg → Heide
    93 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €11–15
  • Bremen → Heide
    126 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €22–30
  • Hannover → Heide
    207 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · €26–36
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Heide

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Heide. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Rømø in Denmark, Sylt is a short ferry hop away.
  • Get inHeligoland has ferries not only from Schleswig-Holstein but also from Cuxhaven and Hamburg.

From Wikivoyage: North Sea Coast (Schleswig-Holstein), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    289 km
  2. 02
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    308 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    804 km
  4. 04
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    908 km
  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    914 km

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Around it

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