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1 Geography

The district is located in the southernmost parts of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). The Aller river enters the district in the east, runs through the town of Celle and leaves the district in the northwest. It is joined by many tributaries coming from the south.

2 Coat of arms

3 Towns and municipalities

4 Miscellaneous

• The town of Bergen is known for its southern quarter of Belsen, where the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen was.
• The village of Eschede north of Celle was the site of the Eschede train disaster in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, June 3June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. Events 1098 Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. 1140 French scholar, Peter Abelard found guilty of heresy. 1608 Samuel de Champlain completes his thi, when an ICE high speed train derailed and 101 people died.