| Günter Heimbeck | |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Field: | Mathematician |
| Work Institutions: | University of Würzburg University of the Witwatersrand University of Namibia |
| Alma Mater: | University of Würzburg |
Günter Heimbeck (born 23 June 1946 in Gunzenhausen, Germany) is a German–Namibian retired professor of mathematics. His particular research interest is geometry; the Heimbeck Planes are named for him. Heimbeck probably is the first and only Namibian scholar to have a scientific sub-discipline carry his name.[1]
Heimbeck studied mathematics at University of Würzburg from 1965. He completed his PhD in 1974, and his habilitation in 1981.[2] He then became lecturer at his alma mater. In 1985 Heimbeck emigrated to South Africa, where he taught at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 1987 he took up a professorship for mathematics at the University of Namibia. Heimbeck is advisor to the Namibian Ministry of Education.[3]