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Are Heidenheim for real? Dortmund will test league leaders

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Heidenheim an der Brenz in southern Germany has not traditionally been on the list of football groundhoppers' away days. It's not that the hilly Ostalb region is unattractive -- far from it. It's more that getting to this community of 50,000 represents a bigger challenge than usual on public transport. And if you come by car, you're well aware on the roads coming in from, say, Stuttgart or Ulm of being very much auf dem Lande (in the countryside).

Heidenheim's remarkable ascent to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2023 has certainly added considerable neutral interest in attending a game at the foot of Hellenstein Mountain, but good luck getting your hands on a ticket for a match at the intimate Voith-Arena with its capacity of just 15,000.