St. Jürgen, Lutheran church in Heide, Germany

St. Jürgen is a long, single-nave Lutheran church at the southwest corner of Heide's market square. Its walls begin in fieldstone and continue in brick, with a large south annex added in 1694–1696 like a transept, a 7/12 polygonal choir with buttresses from 1724, and a three-storey wooden tower rising 48 metres from the roof.

A chapel dedicated to St George was built in Heide in 1435, funded by the Wollersmannen and the land of Dithmarschen. It burned down completely in 1559 when royal Danish and ducal troops took Heide during the Last Feud. A new church was raised on the old foundations and consecrated in 1560; it was extended in 1694–1696 and 1724, and the west gable was renewed in 1739.

The name St. Jürgen is Low German for Saint George, the chapel's original patron. The pulpit inscriptions are in Low German, and the 1699 altar was carved by Hamburg sculptor Valentin Preuß with paintings by Johann Holte. Since Pentecost 2024 a mobile glass wall lets the main nave and south aisle be used separately.

The church is located in central Heide on Markt street and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors can attend during services, and special events are held regularly that welcome those interested in visiting.

The sandstone relief above the main portal is a copy; the 16th-century original, showing the risen Christ with the donor kneeling at lower left, has been kept inside the church since 1977. A second, smaller baroque roof turret from 1711 stands east of the 48-metre wooden tower.