Celle

Well preserved Old Town featuring half-timbered houses from different centuries. Palace of the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg and impressive relics from courtly times.

Hoppener house (click to enlarge image)

Celle – a town with a distinctive flair. Founded over 700 years ago, it is quaint and traditional with half-timbered houses, yet also modern and vibrant. Contrasts in Celle grow to a harmonic entirety, where the past, the present and the future meet.
Celle is a modern shopping town and a congress venue. The cultural heritage of the residential and half-timbered architecture which has survived during the past centuries characterises the town today.
73,000 people live here in a modern environment. It is a town you will grow to love. Hardly any other town offers this unique variety.
Trade and commerce, sport and culture enjoy a high status in Celle.
Year by year guests from all over the world arrive here to experience the atmosphere.
Holiday makers and visitors to the Luneburg Heath regard a trip to Celle as the highlight of their journey.
There are over 500 half-timbered houses in the Old Town to admire, lovingly restored and classified as historic monuments.
Truly a romantic and unforgettable impression. As a former residential seat Celle has a number of impressive buildings to offer.
The Ducal Palace, the Town Church and the Old Town Hall are the oldest buildings. An architectural delight is the New Town Hall, an impressive redbrick building dating from the 19th century, one of the largest buildings of its kind in Germany.

Sightseeing

Historical Old Town (click to enlarge image)

Historical Old Town, Town Church including tower climb, Ducal Palace with unique renaissance chapel, guided town tours, Old Town Hall with gable in Weser renaissance style, carillon, synagogue, the magnificent Hoppener House, Kalandgasse, the Stechinelli House in classicistic style, Alter Marstall (historical ducal stables), New Town Hall, Marienwerder Room, Roß’sche Villa, French Garden, Lower Saxon Stud Farm, Orchid Cultivation Wichmann, Medicinal Plant Garden, LAVES - Institute of Apiculture including bee garden.

Museums

The Bomann-Museum (click to enlarge image)

Bomann Museum, the German Sampler Museum, tour of the Ducal Palace, Celle Garrison Museum, bee garden of the LAVES Institute of Apiculture, AquaCelle (former EXPO project depicting the treatment of water), Haesler Documentation Centre, Rifleman’s Museum.

Stage and music:

Palace theater (click to enlarge image)

Palace Theatre, Congress Union Celle (conference centre), cabaret „Kunst & Bühne“.

Leisure facilities

Regular guided town tours (click to enlarge image)

Regular guided town tours, town tours on horse drawn wagon, church tower climb, leisure and fun at the “Celler Badeland” with indoor and outdoor swimming areas, boat trips on the river Aller, bicycle and walking tours across the region, a variety of establishments offering event gastronomy, discos, cinemas, go-cart track, bowling centre, skittles, tennis, golf course, mini golf, paddling on the river Aller.

Annual events

Wine market (click to enlarge image)

Wasa Run, craft market at the palace, Wine Market, “Street Parade” (jazz festival), Old Town Festival, Stallion Parades, Christmas Market.