Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a

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baseball and softball club from

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. 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

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for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning championships in 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019. The team's name means "heathland's head," a reference to Heidenheim's

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. The team mascot is Heiko, a life-sized teddy bear made by the Margarete-Steiff-Company. The club participated in the

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in 2010, losing 4-1 in the semifinals to Serie A1 club

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. In 2019 the CEB Cup was won ahead of the Czech club Draci Brno and the French club Montigny Cougars.

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

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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

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Club structure

Field

Season by season performance (1st Bundesliga)

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