Half-timbered madness: Celle, Lower Saxony

Alemaria · #1 Posted **Oct 3, 2006, 2:12 PM**

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.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 sweets and candy were thrown out of the windows of this bulding

18

19

20 Stadtkirche (town church, built in 1308)

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 toen church

30

31 the Castle seen from the tower of the town church

32

33

34

35 market day

36

37

paul etc · #2 Posted **Oct 4, 2006, 1:58 AM**

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

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

rockyi · #3 Posted **Oct 4, 2006, 2:09 AM**

So beautiful!
Thanks for the tour.

salvius · #4 Posted **Oct 4, 2006, 2:18 AM**

Wunderbar!

Alemaria · #5 Posted **Oct 5, 2006, 2:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul etc

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 · #6 Posted **Oct 6, 2006, 5:26 AM**

It looks like a fairy tale land!

one very bored guy · #7 Posted **Oct 7, 2006, 8:18 AM**

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 · #8 Posted **Oct 8, 2006, 4:15 AM**

wonderful half timber. perfect

-AX- · #9 Posted **Oct 8, 2006, 4:22 AM**

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

niwell · #10 Posted **Oct 8, 2006, 5:08 AM**

Damn, that town looks beautiful!

myord · #11 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 6:10 AM**

Super shots. Very unique looking city.

Evergrey · #12 Posted **Jul 9, 2007, 5:00 PM**

one of the most beautiful cities ever

Alemaria · #13 Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 3:41 PM**

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=...6507&encType=1

SFSpike · #14 Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 9:46 PM**

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 · #15 Posted **Jul 30, 2007, 2:39 PM**

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 · #16 Posted **Mar 27, 2008, 8:57 PM**

Nice shots

olga · #17 Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 8:30 AM**

Wow.

Farrapo · #18 Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:39 PM**

Very beautiful! First time seeing pictures of this city!