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Buildings in Celle
Buildings in Celle
Celle Palace. The ducal palace, Schloss Celle, whose foundations date to the 13th century, is the oldest building in the town. What started as a castle for the dukes of Lüneburg, fortified with moats and ramparts, was gradually expanded and modified into a mixture of Baroque and Renaissance architecture. From 1772 it was home to the British-born, Danish queen, Caroline Matilda, the daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who had been banished to Celle as a result of her affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee of Copenhagen. She only lived at the Celle court until 1775 when she died at 23 of scarlet fever. In the 19th century the castle was occasionally used by the Hanoverian royal household as a summer residence. Guided tours visit the Renaissance chapel, Baroque theatre, ducal chambers and palace kitchen. Open Tu-Su 10am-4.30pm.
Hoppener Haus, Poststr. 8/Rundstr. (in the ''Altstadt''). Perhaps the most impressive and best-known timber-framed buildings in the old town, the Hoppener Haus dates to 1532 and looks like something out of a picture book. In front of the house is a rather strange, modern work of art: five talking streetlamps that are activated by movement and recount (in German) amusing tales of bygone years as well as extolling the sights of Celle today. �
Celle Hasenjagd. Once you've marvelled at the town's old castle being converted to a tranquil palace and noted how well the Germans mix old and new, stop outside the railway station and gaze at the marshalling yard. Here, in 1945, allied bomber struck the station as a target of opportunity. Among the trains waiting in the yard was one filled with concentration camp workers. Many prisoners were killed in the raid. Many more took the opportunity to flee for their lives. Over the next several days, the SS guards and local townspeople scoured the town and neighboring woods, hunting down the escapees. Many of the "rabbit hunters", were tried and convicted for this war crime. Several were hanged.
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