[Alemaria]

Half-timbered madness: Celle, Lower Saxony

Celle is a little city with about 72.000 inhabitants located just 40Km north of the city of Hannover (pop: 520.000).
The town is known for its many half-timber houses that date back to the 16th century in the city centre, 480 of them restored.
Also the castle, built in 1530 is very beautiful.

I really like Celle, it seems a nice little city to live and a big city (Hannover) can be reached through various public transport trains that need about 25 minutes and depart every 20 minutes.

And while I really like half-timbered houses I kinda missed cute little narrow alleys that the cities of Goslar and especially Quedlinburg have so many of.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/Viola222/celle.jpg

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17 sweets and candy were thrown out of the windows of this bulding
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20 Stadtkirche (town church, built in 1308)
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29 toen church
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31 the Castle seen from the tower of the town church
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35 market day
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[paul etc]

Great pictures, I've never seen this city before.

Is the the building in the upper right corner of picture 35 relatively new?

[rockyi]

So beautiful!
Thanks for the tour.

[salvius]

Wunderbar!

[Alemaria]

Is the the building in the upper right corner of picture 35 relatively new?

Yes, it's a department store, I guess it was built in the seventies or eighties.

[James Bond Agent 007]

It looks like a fairy tale land!

[one very bored guy]

Great photos. Towns like this exist all over Germany. In fact, every 30minutes or an hour in any direction you'll come across another one.

Great streetlife.

[AJphx]

wonderful half timber. perfect

[-AX-]

This is the red roof madness! I like it, nice pics!

[niwell]

Damn, that town looks beautiful!

[myord]

Super shots. Very unique looking city.

[Evergrey]

one of the most beautiful cities ever

[Alemaria]

Live Local Bird Eye View is now available for Celle.
So if you want to see my street-level pics from a bird's perspective, go here:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=ss3ryrhv679k&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=11696507&encType=1

[SFSpike]

Celle is indeed beautiful and the castle both unusual and interesting. But, I'm with you--Goslar, with its winding steets and alleys is much cozier. Thanks for the photo series. Great shots.

[keninhalifax]

The town appears to be lovingly restored... Not difficult to imagine considering the beauty of the built environment. Thanks for introducing me to another lovely German city!

[M II A II R II K]

Nice shots

[olga]

Wow.

[Farrapo]

Very beautiful! First time seeing pictures of this city! :)