Heiden, Germany

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Heiden
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Borken
subdivisions	3
Mayor	Heiner Buß
Basic statistics
Area	53.39 km² (20.6 sq mi)
Elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population	8,195 (31/12/2006)
- Density	153 /km² (398 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BOR
Postal code	46359
Area code	02867
Website	www.heiden.de Coordinates: 51°49′33″N 06°55′59″E / 51.82583, 6.93306

Heiden is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 5 km east of Borken. The three districts are called Leblich, Dorfbauernschaft and Nordick. In Leblich there were many windmills built in the last 8 years. 2006the German president Horst Köhler visited Heiden because of the factory Entrup-Haselbach, which sells deep-frozen bakery products. The catholic Reverend since 2003 is Peter Schneiders.

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Official site (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Borken (district)

Ahaus \| Bocholt \| Borken \| Gescher \| Gronau \| Heek \| Heiden \| Isselburg \| Legden \| Raesfeld \| Reken \| Rhede \| Schöppingen \| Stadtlohn \| Südlohn \| Velen \| Vreden