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Helpsen

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Traffic light for Helpsen

Traffic light: YellowRedYellowGreen

Yellow — Roadworks narrowing the road · Rusbend, Deinser Straße zwischen Ortseingang und Rusbender Straße in beiden Richtungen · 3.8 km

Within 5.0 km of Helpsen. No motorway junction within 5.0 km: the traffic light judges the other roads.

  1. 2 × Roadworks narrowing the road · Verkehrsmeldungen der Polizei: Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW (VIZ.NRW) via Mobilithek, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Map: 5.0 km aroundReasons marked on the map: 8. The list of reasons is the map in words. 2 × Roadworks narrowing the road, 3 × Buses and trains, 3 × Charging.ObernkirchenNienstädtHespeNiedernwöhrenHelpsenMeerbeckSeggebruchNordsehlRoadworks narrowing the road · Rusbend, Deinser Straße zwischen Ortseingang und Rusbender Straße in beiden RichtungenRoadworks narrowing the road · Niedernwöhren, Hauptstraße bis Horsthöfe zwischen Dorfstraße und Kreisverkehr in beiden RichtungenBuses and trains · Seggebruch GrundschuleBuses and trains · Helpsen Schulzentrum/BergkrugBuses and trains · Kirchhorsten BahnhofCharging · Westfalen Weser Ladeservice - S10150Charging · Blumenweg 7Charging · Klaus Scholz Elektrotechnik GmbH, Dorfstraße 2
Schematic map – not for navigation.Streets (OpenStreetMap)Buses and trainsCharging

Grenzen: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0, Datenquellen: https://sgx.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/datenquellen/datenquellen_vg_nuts.pdf (Daten verändert)

Streets: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 · licence text

The streets come from our street database derived from OpenStreetMap. We send a complete machine-readable copy (CSV) under the ODbL 1.0 free of charge on request – contact details in the imprint.

Verwaltungseinheiten: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0, Datenquellen: https://sgx.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/datenquellen/datenquellen_gn250.pdf (Daten verändert)

Verkehrsmeldungen der Polizei: Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW (VIZ.NRW) via Mobilithek, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0

Fahrplandaten: DELFI e.V., CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text

Ladepunkte: Hamburger Energienetze GmbH (eRound) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0

Ladesäulenregister: Bundesnetzagentur.de, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text

How the traffic light is set
  • Red for a full closure of the carriageway, a wrong-way driver, objects, people or animals on the road, an accident with a closure, a weather warning of level 3–4 or a jam with a delay of 30 minutes or more.
  • Yellow for a shorter jam, roadworks narrowing the road, another traffic warning, a weather warning of level 1–2, slippery roads in the road-weather forecast, a closed entry or exit — or when a source is missing or out of date.
  • Green only when none of this is reported nearby and both the traffic messages and the German Weather Service's warnings for this place can be read. Green is no guarantee of a clear road.
  • Read: every traffic message for this place within 5.0 km (Autobahn GmbH, police, Land and city) and the German Weather Service (warnings, road weather).
  • No colour from: parking, charging, fuel, buses and trains.

Buses and trains

Helpsen · 5.0 km

90 of 963 trips late (9 %) — Lower Saxony

last 30 minutes, more than 5 minutes counts as late

18 trips skip a stop

The nearest stops (within 5.0 km) and what leaves there in the next 60 minutes

  • Seggebruch Grundschule 50 m · 1 min walk · Map · Google MapsNothing leaves here in the next 60 minutes, by the timetable.
  • Helpsen Schulzentrum/Bergkrug 250 m · 4 min walk · Map · Google MapsNothing leaves here in the next 60 minutes, by the timetable.
  • Kirchhorsten Bahnhof 500 m · 7 min walk · Map · Google Maps
    • S1 to Hannover Hauptbahnhof · in 32 min (22:45) · on time
    • S1 to Minden, Bahnhof · in 58 min (23:11) · on time
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    Platforms per DB: 2 of 2 step-free

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Fuel

Helpsen · 10 km

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Parking

Helpsen · 5.0 km

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More car parks mapped by OpenStreetMap

OSM-Standortdaten: © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, ODbL 1.0 · licence text

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Roads

Helpsen · 5.0 km

0 closures · 0 jams and accidents · 2 roadworks within 5.0 km

  • 3.8 kmdirection unknownMon 20 Jul, 00:00 – Thu, 1 Apr 2027, 18:00 · in force now, ends in 151 daysRestriction unknownRestrictionMap · Google MapsAutomatic translation: L446 Rusbend, Deinser Straße between Ortseingang and Rusbender road closed in both directions, follow the diversion signs, construction site, until 01/04/2027, 18:00 · Original (German) →
  • 4.6 kmdirection unknownMon 19 Oct, 00:00 – Fri 18 Dec, 17:00 · in force now, ends in 47 daysRestriction unknownRestrictionMap · Google MapsAutomatic translation: L372 Niedernwöhren, Hauptstraße to Horsthöfe between Dorfstraße and Kreisverkehr: closed in both directions, resurfacing, follow the diversion signs, until approx. 18/12/2026, … · Original (German) →
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    L372 Niedernwöhren, Hauptstraße to Horsthöfe between Dorfstraße and Kreisverkehr: closed in both directions, resurfacing, follow the diversion signs, until approx. 18/12/2026, 17:00

The publishers' own texts are on the German page.

Translated automatically by ViaFrei; the German original is binding. Opus-MT, Helsinki-NLP (Tiedemann, Thottingal) (CC BY 4.0)

Autobahn GmbH's motorway reports are on the “Motorways” card.

For lorries

  • Long-lorry positive network nearby: B65 8.5 km, B83 8.5 km, B482 9.0 km, A2 10 km, B238 11 km, B442 16 km

What binds is the Annex to § 2(1) of the LKWÜberlStVAusnV. The publisher states that the data make no claim to be complete or correct, have no legal or official meaning, and are not suitable for navigation or similar purposes.

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Motorways

Helpsen

Motorways within 15 km, nearest first

No exit within 3.0 km of the place – the nearest motorways:

Next 8 (13–20 of 20)
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as of 22:10

Short-duration roadworks are planned at short notice and often changed; they replace neither a permit for oversize and heavy transport nor the route check before setting off (our translation of the publisher's note).

The publisher's wording is on the German page.

Nearby

  • A2 Bernser Kirchweg - Rehren · 12 kmtowards Hannoverfrom Sun 25 Oct, 12:00, end not reported · in force nowRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google Mapsbetween 1.2 km after Bernser Kirchweg and 0.2 km before AS Rehren · 4.4 km long · 10.2 m wide to pass · 25 Oct – 7 Nov
  • A2 Rehren - Bernser Kirchweg · 12 kmtowards Dortmundfrom Sun 25 Oct, 12:00, end not reported · in force nowRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google Mapsbetween 0.2 km after AS Rehren and 1.2 km before Bernser Kirchweg · 4.4 km long · 6.05 m wide to pass · 25 Oct – 7 Nov

All reports on the A2 → · All motorways

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Lorry parking and rest areas

Helpsen · 15 km

within 15 km

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Per the publishers; where nothing is stated, the facilities are unknown, not ruled out.

  • Lorry parking · Papenbrink Nord · 15 spaces · 4 lorry spaces · 11 km south · Map · Google MapsFacilities per the publisher: toilet · picnic area
  • Lorry parking · Bernser Kirchweg Süd · 22 spaces · 11 lorry spaces · 11 km south · Map · Google MapsFacilities per the publisher: picnic area
  • Lorry parking · Papenbrink Süd · 64 spaces · 33 lorry spaces · 11 km south · Map · Google MapsFacilities per the publisher: toilet · picnic area

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Truck-parking occupancy (Toll Collect, SID)

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Charging

Helpsen · 5.0 km

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  • Westfalen Weser Ladeservice - S10150 Bahnhofstraße 61, Helpsen · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · no status data · 500 m south-east · Map · Google Maps
  • Blumenweg 7 Obernkirchen · 1 charge point · up to 11 kW · no status data, per charging point register · 3.3 km south · Map · Google Maps
  • Klaus Scholz Elektrotechnik GmbH, Dorfstraße 2 Obernkirchen · 4 charge points · up to 11 kW · no status data, per charging point register · 3.3 km south · Map · Google Maps

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Nearby essentials

Helpsen · 2.0 km

Everyday essentials within 2.0 km, as named in OpenStreetMap

  • Cash machine or bank Volksbank in Schauburg eG50 m · 1 min walk north-west · Bergkrug 3a · Map · Google Maps
  • Doctor or hospital Liang Wang, Engin Kulun-Blohm, Marina Möhrke50 m · 1 min walk south · Bergkrug 4 · Map · Google Maps
  • Supermarket EDEKA Köpper100 m · 2 min walk north · Bergkrug 5 · Map · Google Maps
  • Pharmacy Glückauf-Apotheke100 m · 2 min walk north · Bergkrug 14 · Map · Google Maps
  • Post office Postfiliale 438150 m · 2 min walk south-east · Bahnhofstraße 83 · Map · Google Maps
  • Police Polizeistation Nienstädt1.5 km · 19 min walk south-east · Bahnhofstraße 7 · Map · Google Maps

Nothing named in OpenStreetMap within 2.0 km: public toilet.

OpenStreetMap data of 6 October 2026

More places nearby (2)
  • Cash machine or bank Sparkasse Schaumburg200 m · 3 min walk north · Map · Google Maps
  • Supermarket Lidl1.3 km · 16 min walk north-west · Hesper Straße 29 · Map · Google Maps

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Neighbouring towns

Helpsen

The nearest large and medium-sized towns within 60 km, each with the lamp of its motorways:

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All quiet

  • Severe weather — no severe-weather warning; road-surface forecast (model, not a measurement) at the Nienstaedt station, 4.5 km: dry

    The next hours at Nienstaedt

    • 23:00 air 7.5 °C · road surface 8.7 °C, dry
    • 00:00 air 7.4 °C · road surface 8.4 °C, dry
    • 01:00 air 7.2 °C · road surface 8.1 °C, dry
    • 02:00 air 6.9 °C · road surface 7.9 °C, dry
    • 03:00 air 6.7 °C · road surface 7.8 °C, dry
    • 04:00 air 6.7 °C · road surface 7.6 °C, dry

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