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HELMSTEDT , or more rarely Helmstedt, a town of Germany, in the duchy of Brunswick, 3o m. N.W. of Magdeburg on the main line of railway to Brunswick. Pop. (1905) 15,415 The principal buildings are the Juleum, the former university, built in the Renaissance style towards the close of the 16th century, and containing a library of 40,000 volumes; the fine Stephanskirche dating from the 12th century; the Walpurgiskirche restored in 18931894; the Marienberger Kirche, a beautiful church in the Roman style, and the Roman Catholic church. The Augustinian nunnery of Marienberg founded in 1176 is now a Lutheran school. The town contains the ruins of the Benedictine
sugar
mineral
spring , and the Lii.bbensteine, two blocks of granite on. which sacrifices to Woden
monument has been erected to those who fell in the Franco-German War; in the town there is one to those killed at Waterloo. Helmstedt originated, according to legend, in connexion with the monastery founded by Ludger or Liudger (d. 809), the first bishop
Julius
chief
Protestant
See Ludewig, Geschichte and Beschreibung der Stadt Helmstedt (Helmstedt, 1821). End of Article: HELMSTEDT If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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