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Reason: List of types of residence: no homonyms, but sub-forms

Heim stands for:

• Heimat , the concept of "home"
• the place of primary vital interest, see place of residence
• a common part of place names, see -heim
• Badische Automobilfabrik Heim & Co. , German automobile manufacturer in Mannheim
• Heim (Norway) , place and municipality in Norway
• Heim Glacier , Glacier in Graham Land, Antarctica
• Heim (film) , German documentary from 1978/1990
• Heim (family name) - for namesake see there

Furthermore, Heim stands for

• a facility that serves to accommodate a specific group of people
  • Orphanage (historical), see orphanage
  • Children's home , as an educational aid facility
  • Retirement home , to accommodate the elderly
  • Nursing home , for the care of people in need of care
  • Assisted living , type of living with assistance depending on the living situation
  • School camp , as a supplementary educational concept
  • Country house of education , as a boarding school
  • Homeless asylum for the overnight stay of homeless people
  • Apprentice dormitory , for trainees close to the workplace
  • Schwesternwohnheim , for nursing students in the vicinity of the hospital
  • Student dormitory , for students at the place of study
  • Single home

See also:

• Heym
• Haim
• Haym

Wiktionary: Heim  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.