Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Heidenheim Heideköpfe

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Year founded
  
1992

General Manager
  
Klaus Eckle

Founded
  
1992

League
  
Bundesliga

League championships
  
2009, 2015

Website
  
www.heidekoepfe.de

Manager
  
Troy Williams

Heidenheim Heideköpfe httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb4

Ballpark
  
New Heideköpfe Ballpark

Colors
  
burgundy / navy blue / white

Location
  
Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany

Game 9 m nchen haar disciples vs heidenheim heidek pfe


Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund (SB), a parent organization that contains several clubs in different sports, and played its first season in 1993 in the Baden-Württemberg District League. The first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning championships in 2009 and 2015.

Contents

The team's name means "heathland's head," a reference to Heidenheim's coat of arms. The team mascot is Heiko, a life-sized teddy bear made by the Margarete-Steiff-Company.

The club participated in the European Champion Cup Final Four in 2010, losing 4-1 in the semifinals to Serie A1 club Telemarket Rimini.

Game 19 heidenheim heidek pfe vs m nchen haar disciples


Club Structure

The full club consists of 7 teams:

  • 1st Men's Baseball, Bundesliga's 1st Division
  • 2nd Men's Baseball, Bundesliga's 2nd Division
  • 3rd Men's Baseball, Bezirksliga
  • Student
  • Youth
  • Juniors
  • Softball Fun-(Fan-)Team
  • Heideköpfe claims Voith AG, Hartmann AG, Heidenheim Volksbank eG, and Stadtwerke Heidenheim AG among its corporate sponsors.

    Field

    Heideköpfe play their home games at New Heideköpfe Ballpark. Completed in 2002, the field is 98 meters (322 ft) down the lines and 120 meters (394 ft) to center. It has fixed seating of 500 and a grassy picnic area that can accommodate an additional 2,500 spectators. The team claims an average attendance of 350, with a peak home attendance of 1,500 on August 21, 1994 against the Stuttgart Reds, prior to the construction of the new ballpark.

    References

    Heidenheim Heideköpfe Wikipedia