Helfenberg

The municipality of Helfenberg is located in the district of Rohrbach in the upper Mühlviertel in Upper Austria with 1,544 inhabitants. The municipality lies in the district court area of Rohrbach and is the home municipality of ÖVP politician and former Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner. Helfenberg is situated at an altitude of 567 m above sea level in the upper Mühlviertel near the Czech border. The lowest and also westernmost point of the municipal area is located at 536 m above sea level, precisely at the border point of the municipalities of Helfenberg, St. Peter am Wimberg, and St. Stefan-Afiesl. The highest point is located at 953 m above sea level in the south on the Schallenberg. In terms of nature conservation spatial classification, the majority of the municipal area belongs to the southern Bohemian Forest foothills, while the southeast of the municipality belongs to the Central Mühlviertel Highlands. The extent from north to south is 8.3 km, and from west to east is 7.1 km. The total area is 24.67 km². This results in a population density of 62 inhabitants per km². Helfenberg is the twelfth largest municipality in the district of Rohrbach by area.

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