Christoph Helweg was born and raised in the northwest of Germany, in a region called Ostwestfalen-Lippe. He attended the Söderblom-Gymnasium in
Espelkamp. While in school, he took classes in four foreign languages, namely English, French, Latin, and
Russian. He passed the Abitur in 2013 with maths, physics, Russian, and history being his examination subjects.
His passion for foreign languages led him to apply to university in order to become a professional foreign language teacher. In 2013, he
started his studies in English and Russian (teaching profession) at the University of Göttingen and gained his bachelor's degree in 2017. Subsequently, in
2017, he applied for the corresponding master‘s degree program and continued his university education in order to complete his teacher-training.