CELLE, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hanover, on the left bank of the navigable Aller, near its junc tion with the Fuse and the Lachte, 23 m. N.E. of Hanover. Pop. 27,715. Founded in 1292, the town was the residence of the dukes of Liineburg-Celle, a cadet branch of the ducal house of Brunswick, from the 14th century until 17o5. The most interest ing building is the former ducal palace, begun in 1485 in Late Gothic style, but with extensive Renaissance additions of the late 17th century. There are manufactures of biscuits, umbrellas, leather, sugar, dyes and paper, and trade is carried on in wax and timber. Celle is the seat of the court of appeal from the superior courts of Aurich, Detmold, Gottingen, Hanover, Hilde sheim, Luneburg, Osnabruck, Stade and Verden.