Helmstedt

Helmstedt
Town
Juleum Novum, building of the former University of Helmstedt
Coat of arms
Location of Helmstedt within Helmstedt district
Helmstedt Show map of Germany Helmstedt Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°13′41″N 11°00′38″E / 52.22806°N 11.01056°E / 52.22806; 11.01056
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Helmstedt
First mentioned	952
Subdivisions	8 Boroughs
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Wittich Schobert[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	66.54 km2 (25.69 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	25,779
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38350
Dialling codes	05351
Vehicle registration	HE
Website	www.stadt-helmstedt.de

Helmstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmˌʃtɛt] ^ⓘ; Eastphalian: Helmstidde) is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage of Romanesque and Renaissance buildings, as well as numerous timber framed houses. During the German partition the nearby Bundesautobahn 2 was the site of the Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing, the most important on the former inner German border as starting point of the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin.