Heitersheim is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

in southern

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. The name of the school located in Heitersheim is Johanniterschule. It was the seat of the Grand Prior of Germany of the

Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

from 1505 until 1806 and also the seat of the

Principality of Heitersheim A principality (or sometimes princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch with the title of prince and/or princess, or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under ...

of the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...

from 1546 until 1806.

Geography

The city is located in

Markgräflerland Markgräflerland () is a region in the southwest of Germany, in the south of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, located between the Breisgau in the north and the Black Forest in the east; adjacent to west with France and in the south ...

in South

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

. The city contains older central part Heiterscheim and newer Gallenweiler.

History

*777. Mentioned for the first time in Lorscher codex *1272. Acquired by the

. *1505. Became permanent seat of the Hospitaller German priory. *1546. Acquired

imperial immediacy Imperial immediacy (german: Reichsfreiheit or ') was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular pri ...

under the emperor. *1806. Principality dissolved and city annexed to Grand Duchy of Baden. *1847. Railway Freiburg-Basel passes through city *1971. Unification with Gallenweiler

Partner cities

The Austrian town of

Vandans Vandans is a town located in the Bludenz district in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Located 650 m (2133 ft) above sea level, it is known for its skiing and hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpat ...

is the sister city of Heitersheim since 1991.

References

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