Helmstedt
Helmstedt | |
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Juleum Novum, building of the former University of Helmstedt | |
Location of Helmstedt within Helmstedt district | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′41″N 11°00′38″E / 52.22806°N 11.01056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Helmstedt |
| First mentioned | 952 |
| Subdivisions | 8 Boroughs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017–25) | Wittich Schobert (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.74 km2 (25.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 25,284 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38350 |
| Dialling codes | 05351 |
| Vehicle registration | HE |
| Website | www.stadt-helmstedt.de |
Helmstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmˌʃtɛt] ⓘ; Eastphalian: Helmstidde) is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage of Romanesque and Renaissance buildings, as well as numerous timber framed houses. During the German partition the nearby Bundesautobahn 2 was the site of the Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing, the most important on the former inner German border as starting point of the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin.