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Welcome to Celle, a town and capital of the district of Celle found in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southernmost part of the Luneburg Heath on the banks of the river Aller.

The town was first mentioned in a document of AD 986 as Kellu and it had the right to mint and circulate its own coins in the 11^th century. It was in 1378 when Celle became the residence of dukes of Saxony-Wittenburg and in the year 1433, the dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg. Celle became Prussian during the Austro-Prussian War as part of the province of Hanover. Celle was then a possession of the British Hanoverian line.

Among the places to visit in Celle are the buildings in old town center which date back to the 16^th century and there are numerous half-timber houses in it. Because of this, the city became an important city for tourism in the southern Luneburg Heath region. There is also the ducal place, Schloss Celle, built in the year 1530 and is said to be the most impressive building in the town.

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