Hellingen

{{Short description|Village in Thuringia, Germany}}

{{Infobox German place

|type = Ortsteil

|Town = Heldburg

|image_photo =

|image_coa = Wappen Hellingen.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|50|15|N|10|41|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|state = Thüringen

|district = Hildburghausen

|elevation = 299

|area = 44.55

|population = 991

|Stand = 2017-12-31

|postal_code = 98663

|area_code = 036871

}}

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).

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.{{Cite web|url=https://leninisstillaround.com/2016/05/01/schiller-vs-lenin-eng/|title = Schiller vs. Lenin (ENG)|date = May 2016}}

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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Category:Former municipalities in Thuringia

Category:Hildburghausen (district)

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