Hellingen is a village and a former municipality in the region Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Heldburg. It was the southernmost municipality in Thuringia, and the second-southernmost in what was formerly East Germany (following Bad Brambach in Saxony).

Hellingen
Ortsteil of Heldburg
Coat of arms
Location of Hellingen
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Coordinates: 50°15′0″N 10°40′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Hildburghausen
Town	Heldburg
Area
• Total	44.55 km2 (17.20 sq mi)
Elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Population  (2017-12-31)
• Total	991
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	98663
Dialling codes	036871
Vehicle registration	HBN

History

Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Hellingen was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Culture

Hellingen has got one of the last monuments dedicated to Lenin in Germany: a memorial stone placed in the Schiller Platz in 1970.[1]

References

Norbert Klaus Fuchs: Das Heldburger Land – ein historischer Reiseführer (The Land of Heldburg – a Historical Guide); Bad Langensalza, Verlag Rockstuhl, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86777-349-2

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