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Numbers, Data & Facts

REGION HEIDE
Heide, Hemmingstedt, Lieth,
Lohe-Rickelshof, Neuenkirchen,
Norderwöhrden, Nordhastedt, Ostrohe,
Stelle-Wittenwurth, Weddingstedt,
Wesseln, Wöhrden

TOTAL AREA
18, 880 ha

INHABITANTS
36, 640

EMPLOYEES
13, 643 (on site)

EMPLOYEES
10, 717 (working from home)

UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
The West Coast University of Applied Sciences (FHW) currently has around 1,500 students  and offers the following courses:

• Bachelor courses in Economics
- Business Administration
- Triple Model Business Economics
- International Tourism Management
- Economy and Law (Bachelor of Laws)
- Business Psychology

• Master’s courses in Economics
- International Tourism Management
- NEW: Online Course in Tourism Management
- NEW: Green Energy Green Energy

• Bachelor courses in Engineering
- Management and Engineering
- Electrical and Information Engineering

• Master’s courses in Engineering
- Microelectronic Systems


MASTER SCHOOL
Master’s education in the areas of Automotive Engineering, Building and Energy Technology as well as the installer and heating sectors of the building trade

APPRENTICESHIP AND IN SERVICE TRAINING
Vocational Training Centre Dithmarschen (BBZ) with several varieties of technical college (Gymnasium, Berufsfachschulen, Fachoberschulen, Berufsschulen, Fachschulen,Technikerschule) .

Adult Education Centre with offers in the areas of society, work, languages, health and culture.

COMPANIES
• Westküstenklinikum Heide (1800 employees)
• Deutsche Telekom Netzproduktion GmbH (800 employees)
• Raffinerie Heide (500 emplyees)
• Vishay BC Components (420 emplyees)
• Boyens Medien Beteiligungs GmbH&Co.KG (380 employees)
• Schröder Bauzentrum (200 employees)
• Friedrich Köster GmbH&Co.KG (200 employees)

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Direct connection on the A23 (Exit Heide-Süd & Heide-West)
• modernised train station in Heide town centre (Hamburg-Westerland line)
• B203 and B5
• 15 to 20 Kilometres away from the North Sea (North Sea Health Resort in Büsum)
• local bus and train services

A location with power

Do you need energy?
We’ve got enough!

We are the right place for any company with high energy requirements – such as the food, pharmaceutical, market gardening or plastics processing sections to name but a few.

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Free plots

Perfect plot – tailored to your specific needs

You can choose what you need from a 56 hectare site. We create a plot that matches your specific needs. Directly next to A23 and the B5, just 100 kilometres from Hamburg.

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Service & contact

We are there for you

Personal, customised consulting is just what you need when choosing a location for your company. And that is what you’ll get from us.

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Business owner statements

"Strong cooperation,
ideal conditions"

Let the companies already located here tell you about the benefits of the Gewerbepark Westküste.

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