Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Celle, Germany
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3.1 km
23 m
Explore Celle in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in CelleSight 1: St. Georg
St. George's Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It owes its name to St. George, the dragon slayer. St. George is one of the 14 emergency helpers, he is the patron saint of various countries, noble families, cities and orders of knights.
Sight 2: Neues Rathaus
The New Town Hall in Celle, also known as Heide Barracks or Taunton Barracks, is a former barracks and has been the seat of the city administration and the Lord Mayor since 1999.
Sight 3: Französischer Garten
The French Garden in Celle, in the German state of Lower Saxony, is a public park in the south of the historic old town or Altstadt. On both sides of a straight avenue of lime trees forming its east–west axis are flowerbeds, lawns, copses and a pond with a fountain. Its current appearance is no longer that of a true French Garden, but rather that of an English Garden. Laid out towards the end of the 17th century as a Baroque courtyard and leisure garden by French gardeners, Perronet and Dahuron, the gardens were given their present shape in the mid-19th century based on plans by the inspector of gardens, Schaumburg.
Sight 4: Langensalza-Denkmal
The Langensalza Monument in Celle is a monument, donated by the followers of the Welfs, to remember the lost battle of Langensalza in the 19th century. Location is the French Garden in Celle.
Sight 5: Sankt Ludwig
St. Ludwig is the main Catholic church in the town of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was consecrated in 1838 and was the third catholic parish church of the new diocese of Hildesheim which was authorised by papal bull and was outside of the former bishopric of Hildesheim and Archbishopric of Mainz. It followed in the footsteps of the first two churches: St Clemens in Hanover and St Michael in Göttingen. Its jurisdiction extends as far as the North Sea coast.
Sight 6: Reformierte Kirche
The Reformed Church, the church building of the Evangelical Reformed congregation in Celle, Lower Saxony, belongs to the Evangelical Reformed Regional Church. It was built in 1700 for the Huguenot community of the royal city and is the only surviving Huguenot church building in northwest Germany.
Sight 7: Adolf Kohls
The list of stumbling stones in Celle contains the stumbling stones that were laid in Celle as part of the project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Celle.
Sight 8: Synagoge
The Celle Synagogue is the oldest surviving half-timbered synagogue in Lower Saxony. It is located near the old town of Celle.
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