What is Heitersheim?
{{Infobox German location |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''' ([[Alemannic German|Alemannic]]: ''Heitersche'') is a town in [[Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]] in southern [[Germany]]. The name of the school in Heitersheim is Johanniterschule. 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. == Geography == The town is in [[Markgräflerland]] in south [[Baden]]. The city has older central part Heitersheim and newer Gallenweiler. == History == * 777: Mentioned for the first time in Lorscher codex * 1272: Bought by the [[Knights Hospitaller]]. * 1505: Became the seat of the German priory of the Knights Hospitaller * 1546: Bought [[imperial immediacy]] under the emperor. * 1806: Principality dissolved and town annexed to [[Grand Duchy of Baden]]. * 1847: Railway Freiburg-Basel passes through the town * 1971: Unification with Gallenweiler == Twin town == Heitersheim is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Vandans]], Austri