Hellenthal
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Hellenthal | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Cologne |
District | Euskirchen |
Mayor | Manfred Ernst |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 138 km² (53.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 537 m (1762 ft) |
Population | 8,518 (30/06/2006) |
- Density | 62 /km² (160 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | EU |
Postal code | 53940 |
Area codes | 02482, 02448 |
Website | www.hellenthal.de |
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 Reifferscheid, part of the municipality of Hellenthal, is dominated by the ruins of the Burg Reifferscheid, that was the seat of a medieval principality, see Salm (state).
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