{{Infobox German place |image_photo = Hellenthal 021.jpg |image_coa = DEU_Hellenthal_COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|29|N|06|26|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Hellenthal in EU.svg |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = Köln |district = Euskirchen |elevation = 537<!--384 – 690--> |area = 137.82 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05366020 |postal_code = 53940 |area_code = 02482, 02448 |licence = EU |website = [http://www.hellenthal.de/ www.hellenthal.de] |mayor = Rudolf Westerburg<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–25 }} '''Hellenthal''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛləntaːl}}) 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 of Reifferscheid, part of the municipality of Hellenthal, is dominated by the ruins of Reifferscheid Castle, the seat of a medieval principality, see Salm. Another village within the municipality, Blumenthal, features ironworks industry area.
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