4109 - Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

You can find Celle on the banks of the river Aller. There are about 71 000 people who live in Celle. Schloss Celle (Celle Castle) is here. It was built in the Renaissance and Baroque styles. It was one of the residences of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Celle Castle is based on a fortified wall tower (Wehrturm) and it guarded the ford of the Aller. The first fortification here was built around 980 CE. Another forerunner of the castle was founded in 1292 by Otto the Strict (c1266-1330), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The cellar vault and the lower stories of the watch tower have survived to the present day and its ruins lie underneath the castle theatre. The first recorded mention of Celle Castle was in 1315.

Today the castle has a variety of rooms and halls that date back to different periods. There are guided tours of the historic castle rooms and castle chapel, which were restored between 1978-1981.

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