Country Germany Admin. region Köln Elevation 537 m (1,762 ft) Local time Thursday 8:56 AM | State North Rhine-Westphalia District Euskirchen Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 8,235 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 97% Humidity Points of interest Greifvogelstation Hellenthal, Wildenburg Castle, Burg Reifferscheid, Grube Wohlfahrt, Weißer Stein City | ||
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.
Map of 53940 Hellenthal, Germany
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. Another village within the municipality, Blumenthal, features ironworks industry area.
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