Celle (district)

Statistics
State:	Lower Saxony
Adm. Region:	Lüneburg
Capital:	Celle
Area:	1544 km²
Inhabitants:	178,300 (2001)
pop. density:	115 inh./km²
Car identification:	CE
Website:	landkreis-celle.de
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Celle is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen, Gifhorn, Hanover and Soltau-Fallingbostel.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 Miscellaneous 6 External links

History

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Geography

The district is located in the southernmost parts of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). The Aller river enters the district in the east, runs through the town of Celle and leaves the district in the northwest. It is joined by many tributaries coming from the south.

Coat of arms

The lion and the heart were part of the arms of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (also called Celle-Lüneburg, since Celle was the capital). The only difference is the number of hearts (the original coat of arms included more than one heart).

Towns and municipalities

Bergen Celle

Samtgemeinden Eschede Flotwedel Lachendorf Wathlingen

Municipalities Faßberg Hambühren Hermannsburg Unterlüß Wietze Winsen

Miscellaneous

• The town of Bergen is known for its southern quarter of Belsen, where the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen was.

• The village of Eschede north of Celle was the site of the Eschede train disaster in 1998, June 3, when an ICE high speed train derailed and 101 people died.

Official website (German, English)