Category
Borderland & History in Helmstedt
Marienborn, the border museum and the Lübbensteine
Attractions
Old Town & Market
St Ludgeri Monastery
With its double chapel and crypt, St Ludgeri is one of the oldest sacred buildings in northern Germany — a site of European significance.
Free entry
Büddenstedt
Marienborn Memorial to German Division
At the former Checkpoint Alpha border crossing, the largest surviving GDR border complex powerfully recalls Germany's division.
Free entry
Old Town & Market
Border Zone Museum Helmstedt
The museum tells of life on the inner-German border, everyday life in the borderland and the fall of the Wall — right in Helmstedt.
from 4 EUR
Old Town & Market
Lübbensteine Megalithic Tombs
Two Neolithic megalithic tombs by the Lappwald — silent witnesses from a time long before Helmstedt existed.
Free entry
Old Town & Market
Academia Julia (University History)
From 1576 to 1810 Helmstedt was a university city — the traces of the Academia Julia still shape the old town today.
Free entry
Old Town & Market
Lappwald Forest
The extensive upland forest west of the city invites you to breathe deeply, with hiking trails, peace and old beech trees.
Free entry
Barmke
Schöningen Spears & Research Museum
The oldest preserved hunting weapons of humankind: the Schöningen Research Museum displays the roughly 300,000-year-old spears.
from 9 EUR
Barmke
Königslutter Imperial Cathedral
The Romanesque imperial cathedral at the Elm is one of the most important buildings of its era — a rewarding trip near Helmstedt.
Free entry
Touren & Tickets · GetYourGuide
Touren & Erlebnisse zur Grenzgeschichte
Erlebe die deutsch-deutsche Grenzgeschichte an der Gedenkstätte Marienborn und im Zonengrenz-Museum – geführte Touren rund um Helmstedt.
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