Editing Celle (district)

{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
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{{Infobox District DE
| name = Celle
| state = Lower Saxony
| capital = [[Celle]]
| area = 1554
| coordinates = {{coord|52.58|10.08|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| Kreisschlüssel    = 03351
| carsign = CE
| url = [http://www.landkreis-celle.de landkreis-celle.de]
| map = {{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
| district_admin = Axel Flader
| admin_party = CDU
| image_coa = Wappen Landkreis Celle.svg
| image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Celle.svg
}}

'''Celle''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtsɛlə}}) is a [[districts of Germany|district]] (''Landkreis'') in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Uelzen (district)|Uelzen]], [[Gifhorn (district)|Gifhorn]], [[Hanover (district)|Hanover]] and [[Heidekreis]].  
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== Geography ==
The district is located in the southernmost parts of the [[Lüneburg Heath]] (''Lüneburger Heide''). The [[Aller (Germany)|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 [[Principality of Lüneburg|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 ==
{{Imagemap Germany district CE|Municipalities in CE.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}left{{!}}Clickable map of municipalities in the district}}

{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! colspan=2 align=center width=67%|[[Amt (political division)|Collective municipalities (''Samtgemeinden'')]]
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bergen, Lower Saxony|Bergen]]
#[[Celle]]
<br>
'''Free municipalities'''<br>
#[[Eschede]]
#[[Faßberg]]
#[[Hambühren]]
#[[Südheide (municipality)|Südheide]]
#[[Wietze]]
#[[Winsen (Aller)|Winsen]]
<br>
[[Unincorporated area]]<br>
#[[Lohheide]]
||
* '''1. [[Flotwedel]]''' 
# [[Bröckel]] 
# [[Eicklingen]] 
# [[Langlingen]] 
# [[Wienhausen]]<sup>1</sup>
||
* '''2. [[Lachendorf (Samtgemeinde)|Lachendorf]]''' 
# [[Ahnsbeck]] 
# [[Beedenbostel]] 
# [[Eldingen]] 
# [[Hohne]] 
# [[Lachendorf]]<sup>1</sup>
* '''3. [[Wathlingen (Samtgemeinde)|Wathlingen]]''' 
# [[Adelheidsdorf]] 
# [[Nienhagen, Lower Saxony|Nienhagen]] 
# [[Wathlingen]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|||colspan=2 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Samtgemeinde
|}

== Miscellaneous ==
* The town of [[Bergen, Lower Saxony|Bergen]] is known for its southern quarter of Belsen, where the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] of [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp|Bergen-Belsen]] was.
* The village of Eschede north of Celle was the site of the [[Eschede train disaster]] on June 3, 1998, when an [[InterCityExpress|ICE]] [[High-speed rail|high-speed train]] derailed and 101 people died.

==See also==
*[[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commonscat|Landkreis Celle}}
* {{Official website|https://www.landkreis-celle.de/}} {{in lang|de|en}}

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