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unusual facts about Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing



Albert of Aix

The first edition of the history was published at Helmstedt in 1584, and a good edition is in the Recueil des historiens des croisades, tome iv (Paris, 1841–1887).

Aller

The nearest large centres of population in the source region are Helmstedt, about 20 km northwest, and Magdeburg around 25 km east.

Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein

Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein (25 August 1753, Helmstedt – 17 February 1816, Helmstedt) was a German zoologist.

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

The son of a merchant and Mayor of his native city, he was educated at the classical schools of Helmstedt and Braunschweig, and afterwards at the universities of Göttingen and Bonn.

August Lafontaine

Lafontaine was born and brought up in Brunswick, the son of the court painter Ludolph Lafontaine and his fifth wife, the court maid-in-waiting Sophie Elisabeth Thorbrügge, and educated in Helmstedt, where he studied theology but took no degree.

Berlin 380-kV electric line

The city was finally relinked to the western German power grid via a new 170-km transmission line to Helmstedt, just behind the former inner-German border.

British Frontier Service

Additional regional liaison offices were located in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Helmstedt, near the main border crossing (Checkpoint Alpha) on the Hamburg-Berlin autobahn.

Brunswick Southern Railway

All railways between Helmstedt (Brunswick–Magdeburg railway) and Walkenried (South Harz Railway) were disrupted at the Inner-German border, including the Jerxheim crossing on the line from Magdeburg via Eilsleben and Oschersleben.

Bundesautobahn 2

Between the towns of Helmstedt and Marienborn one can still see the former border control points, which were turned into a museum in the 1990s.

During the division of Germany, the A 2 played, together with the A 24, an important role as a transit corridor to West Berlin, with allied checkpoints at Helmstedt and Dreilinden-Drewitz (on the A 10) respectively.

Bundesstraße 244

Bundesstraße 244 (abbreviation: B 244) is a federal road in Germany that branches off the B 4 west of Dedelstorf towards the east and runs through Wittingen, Brome, Rühen, Velpke, Helmstedt, Schöningen, Dardesheim, Wernigerode to Elbingerode, where it ends at the B 27.

Christoph Caspar von Blumenthal

He attended various universities including Leipzig and Helmstedt, before being sent on a grand tour under the supervision of his tutor, Burckhardt Niderstedt.

Cristoval Royas de Spinola

The Helmstedt theologians, represented by Gerhard Wolter Molanus (1633-1722), at the same time put forward their Methodus reducendae unionis.

Daniel Angelocrator

Angelocrater then took a job accompanying two young aristocrats to the Universities of Marburg and Helmstedt.

Eifert

The dispute ignited itself around George Calixtus (14. December 1586 in Medelby, Schleswig; † 19. March 1656 in Helmstedt) Beginning in 1609, he travelled for four years in Germany, Belgium, England, and France.

Elm-Lappwald Nature Park

Since the Middle Ages the towns of Königslutter, Schöningen, Schöppenstedt and Helmstedt, all within the nature park, have been steeped in history.

It is dominated by the forested hill ranges of the Elm, Lappwald and Dorm as well as the region known as the Helmstedt Bowl (Helmstedter Mulde).

Enevold Kruse

After studying abroad, including in Helmstedt, Germany, he was employed in 1578 at the Danish chancery and his career advanced rapidly.

Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke

Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804 in Helmstedt – 1872 in Marburg), was a German theologian and historian, and the son of the theologian Heinrich Henke (1752-1809).

Franz Ernst Brückmann

Franz Ernst Brückmann (September 27, 1697 – March 21, 1753) was a German mineralogist born at Marienthal near Helmstedt.

Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe

In 1876 he sold his pharmacy in Blankenburg, and moved to Helmstedt, where he went to live with his son.

Georg Friedrich Wreede

He had been a student in Philology in Helmstedt and within four years of his arrival he had written a compendium using the Greek alphabet on Khoekhoegowab - then called Hottentot - consisting of sentences with Dutch translations.

German Renaissance

A particular form of Renaissance architecture in Germany is the Weser Renaissance, with prominent examples such as the City Hall of Bremen and the Juleum in Helmstedt.

Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke

During his tenure at Helmstedt, he was appointed abbot of Michaelstein Abbey (1786) and vice-president of the Carolinum in Braunschweig (1803).

Hermann von der Hardt

He studied oriental languages at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, and in 1690 he was called to the chair of oriental languages at Helmstedt.

Ioannes Henricus Meibomius

He studied medicine at Helmstedt, Groningen and Leyden and afterwards traveled to Italy, France and England for scientific studies.

Isaac ben Moses Arama

Arama's works were likewise esteemed by the Christian world; for in 1729 an academical dissertation by M. A. J. van der Hardt, of the University of Helmstedt, was published under the title Dissertatio Rabbinica de Usu Linguæ in Akedat Ischak, treating of section 62 of Arama's work, giving it in Hebrew with Latin translation.

Johan Adler Salvius

In 1612 he started his studies in Uppsala, but also visited the Protestant universities of Rostock and Helmstedt where he studied philosophy.

Johann Christian Martin Bartels

On 23 October 1791 Bartels studied mathematics under Johann Friedrich Pfaff in Helmstedt and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner in Göttingen.

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

In 1788, Pfaff became professor of mathematics in Helmstedt, and continued his work as a professor until that university was abolished in 1810.

Johann Georg von Eckhart

Through the efforts of Leibniz, Eckhart was appointed professor of history at Helmstedt in 1706, and in 1714 councillor at Hannover.

Johannes Juilfs

From 1948 he was a principal at an adult education school in Helmstedt.

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth (born in Helmstedt, Brunswick, Germany, 16 May 1745; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 February 1825) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman.

Langeleben

In 1926 the District Council of Helmstedt erected a children's recovery home in Langeleben.

Lappwald

Further flooding by the sea in the succeeding Tertiary era created large areas of bog in the Helmstedt Basin that were transformed under sub-tropical climatic conditions into massive brown coal deposits.

Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell

Lorenz Crell was born in the Duchy of Brunswick's university town of Helmstedt as the son of medical professor Johann Friedrich Crell and grandchild of medical professor Lorenz Heister, who achieved renown in surgery and botany.

Ludwig Crocius

He had a reputation as tolerant and moderate, and was on friendly terms with Calixtus at Helmstedt.

Oschersleben–Jerxheim railway

After the opening of the Berlin–Lehrte railway in 1871 and the direct Brunswick–Magdeburg line (via Helmstedt) in 1872, it was mainly used for freight.

Paul Gottlieb Werlhof

Paul Gottlieb Werlhof (March 24, 1699 – July 26, 1767) was a German physician and poet who was a native of Helmstedt.

Polykarp Leyser IV

Polykarp Leyser IV (4 September 1690, Wunstorf - 7 April 1728, Helmstedt) was a German Lutheran theologian, philosopher, physician, lawyer and historian.

Sethus Calvisius

By the exercise of his musical talents he earned money enough for the start, at Helmstedt, of a university career, which the aid of a wealthy patron enabled him to continue at Leipzig.

Tilemann Heshusius

Tilemann Heshusius (also Hesshus, Heßhusen, Hess Husen, Heshusen (November 3, 1527 in Wesel—September 25, 1588 in Helmstedt) was a Gnesio-Lutheran theologian.

Victor von Bruns

Victor von Bruns (August 9, 1812 – March 19, 1883) was a German surgeon born in Helmstedt.

Wefensleben

The first documentarily mention occurred in the year 1160 in the property list of the St. Ludger's Abbey in Helmstedt.

Wilhelm Abraham Teller

In 1767 Teller, whose attitude had made his position at Helmstedt intolerable, was glad to accept an invitation from the Prussian minister for ecclesiastical affairs to the post of provost of Cologne, with a seat in the Lutheran Supreme Consistory of Berlin.

Winnigstedt

In the 1950s railway service to East German Heudeber discontinued, nevertheless the border station remained a rail hub between the Braunschweig-Schöningen line and the railway from Helmstedt to Holzminden.

Wolmirstedt substation

On October 3rd, 1989, the 380 kV powerline between Helmstedt and Wolmirstedt substation went in service.


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