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Helmstedt

Western Europe

Helmstedt is a town on the eastern edge of Lower Saxony, Germany, and the capital of the District of Helmstedt. It preserves a historic core of Romanesque and Renaissance buildings alongside numerous timber-framed houses, and was once home to a university and held Hanseatic city status. During the division of Germany, Helmstedt was the site of the Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing, the busiest crossing point on the inner German border and the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin.

Facts
Population
25,048 1
Area (sq km)
46.97 1
Founding Year
952 2
Founding Year
952 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
123 1
Latitude
52.228056 degrees north 1
Longitude
11.010556 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Helmstedt (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 25,048 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.228056, longitude 11.010556
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 123 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 46.97 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 25048 (2025)
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2. Helmstedt (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 952
    The settlement in the Duchy of Saxony was first mentioned as Helmonstede in a 952 deed issued by the German king Otto I.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 952
    The settlement in the Duchy of Saxony was first mentioned as Helmonstede in a 952 deed issued by the German king Otto I.
  • Source text, founding-year: 952
    The settlement in the Duchy of Saxony was first mentioned as Helmonstede in a 952 deed issued by the German king Otto I.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Helmstedt - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2906676
    52.2279 11.00985 P PPLA3 DE 06 00 03154 03154028 25515 136 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 136 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 11.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 11.25
52.25 11.25 Cfb
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