OpenUI5: Issue with adding a view to an element - view

I try to include an HTML-View in a XML-View which actually shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately the content of the HTML-View is not added to the site. An error is not thrown.
In the XML-View I have a placeholder for the HTML-View:
<html:div
id="helptext">
</html:div>
In the controller of the XML-View I instantiate the HTML-View and add it to the placeholder:
var oController = sap.ui.controller("dividendgrowthtools.view.textviews.dividendcomparehelpDE");
var oTextView = sap.ui.view({
viewName: "dividendgrowthtools.view.textviews.dividendcomparehelpDE",
controller: oController,
type: sap.ui.core.mvc.ViewType.HTML
});
var oHelpText = this.getView().byId("helptext");
oTextView.placeAt(oHelpTextDiv.sId);
That's the content of the HTML-View:
<template data-controller-name="dividendgrowthtools.view.textviews.dividendcomparehelpDE">
<p>This is a test.</p>
</template>
Does anybody have an idea what the problem could be?

you need to be aware of the functionality of this.getView().byId();
SAPUI5 generates another ID then the one you specified in the XML-View("helptext") see:
So you need to pass the right ID. You need to be aware that these ID could possibily change, when you refactor the XML structure.
I would recommend you, not to use HTML elements in SAPUI5.
Some helpful links:
https://scn.sap.com/thread/3551589
https://plnkr.co/edit/wDBpQuxIWd0WGOoyulN0?p=preview (made by me)PLnkr Link

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var MyItemView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({
initialize : function (options) {
this.languages = options.languages;
this.typeList = options.typeList;
},
template : "#atemplate",
onRender : function () {
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this.renderSelect(this.typeList, "#typesSelect", "valueofThelist")
},
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$.each(list, function(){
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}
})
var languagesList = getLanguages();
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I got something what worked on Ember 0.9.8 but when I changed version of this lib I noticed problem which can't resolve. (I'm not so good at Ember :/)
Here is sample code:
http://jsfiddle.net/ETQCc/5/
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