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CELLE , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, on the See also:left See also:bank of the navigable Aller, near its junction with the Fuse and the Lachte, 23 M. N.E. of Hanover, on the See also:main Lehrte-See also:Hamburg railway. Pop. (1905) 21,400. The town has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and five See also:Protestant churches, among the latter the town-See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church with the See also:burial vault of the See also:dukes of See also:Luneburg-Celle. Here See also:rest the remains of See also:Sophia Dorothea, wife of the elector See also:George of Hanover, afterwards George I. of See also:England, and those of See also:Caroline See also:Matilda, the divorced wife of See also:Christian VII. of See also:Denmark and See also:sister of George III. of England, who resided here from 1772 until her See also:death in 1775. The most interesting See also:building in Celle is the former ducal ,See also:palace, begun in 1485 in See also:Late See also:Gothic See also:style, but with extensive See also:Renaissance additions of the See also:close of the 17th See also:century. The building of the See also:court of See also:appeal (Oberlandesgericht), with a valuable library of 6o,000 volumes and many See also:MSS., including a priceless copy of the Sachsenspiegel, the museum and the See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall of the estates (Landschaftshaus) are also worthy of See also:notice. There are manufactures of woollen See also:yarn, See also:tobacco, biscuits, umbrellas and printers'See also:ink, and a lively See also:trade is carried on in See also:wax, See also:honey, See also:wool and See also:timber. Celle is the seat of the court of appeal from the See also:superior courts of See also:Aurich, Detmold, See also:Gottingen, Hanover, See also:Hildesheim, Luneburg, See also:Osnabruck, See also:Stade and See also:Verden. Founded in 1292, the town was the See also:residence of the dukes of Luneburg-Celle, a See also:cadet See also:branch of the ducal See also:house of See also:Brunswick, from the 14th century until 1705.
See Dehning, Geschichte der Stadt Celle (Celle, 1891).
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