Helme (German: Helmet) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, in southern Estonia.

It is located only 2 km (1 mi) northwest of the town of Tõrva by the Valga–Pärnu road (nr.

Livonian Order castle in Helme (Ordensburg Helmet) was probably built in the first half of the 14th century.

The site on a steep hill is believed to have been used as a stronghold earlier by Sackalians in the Ancient Estonia.

[2] Helme is the birthplace of poet and dramatist Henrik Visnapuu (1890–1951) and sculptor Erna Viitol (1920–2001).