Hellenthal Explained

Image Coa:DEU_Hellenthal_COA.svg
Coordinates:50.4833°N 32°W
Image Plan:Hellenthal in EU.svg
State:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Region:Köln
District:Euskirchen
Elevation:537
Area:138
Gemeindeschlüssel:05366020
Postal Code:53940
Area Code:02482, 02448
Licence:EU
Website:www.hellenthal.de
Mayor:Rudolf Westerburg[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 25

Hellenthal is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, near the border with Belgium, approx. 30 km south-west of Euskirchen and 40 km south-east of Aachen.

The village of Reifferscheid, part of the municipality of Hellenthal, is dominated by the ruins of Reifferscheid Castle, the seat of a medieval principality, see Salm. Another village within the municipality, Blumenthal, features ironworks industry area.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020