Celle (district)

Celle
District
Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Celle
Government
• District admin.	Klaus Wiswe
Area
• Total	1,554 km2 (600 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	175,552
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	CE
Website	landkreis-celle.de

Celle (German pronunciation: [ˈtsɛlə]) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen, Gifhorn, Hanover and Heidekreis.

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.

Lüneburg Regional Association

To look after cultural matters the Lüneburg Regional Association (Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband) was founded as a registered association (eingetragener Verein).

Coat of arms

The lion and the heart were part of the arms of the Lüneburg, a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The Principality was occasionally (but incorrectly) also known as Brunswick-Celle, since Celle was its capital for some time. The only difference is the number of hearts (the original coat of arms included more than one heart).

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Collective municipalities (Samtgemeinden)
Bergen Celle Free municipalities Eschede Faßberg Hambühren Südheide Wietze Winsen Unincorporated area Lohheide	1. Flotwedel Bröckel Eicklingen Langlingen Wienhausen1	2. Lachendorf Ahnsbeck Beedenbostel Eldingen Hohne Lachendorf1 3. Wathlingen Adelheidsdorf Nienhagen Wathlingen1
	1seat of the Samtgemeinde

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 on 1998, June 3, when an ICE high-speed train derailed and 101 people died.

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

External links

• Official website (German) (English)