Hellenthal

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Hellenthal
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Hellenthal
Hellenthal (Germany)
Hellenthal
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
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

Coordinates: 50°28′59″N 06°25′59″E / 50.48306, 6.43306

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).