Hellingen is a municipality in the region Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is the southernmost municipality in Thuringia, and the second-southernmost in what was formerly East Germany (following Bad Brambach in Saxony).HistoryWithin the German Empire (1871-1918), Hellingen was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.