Westercelle
| Westercelle | ||
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| Stadtteil of Celle | ||
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| Coordinates: 52°36′15″N 10°04′44″E / 52.60417°N 10.07889°ECoordinates: 52°36′15″N 10°04′44″E / 52.60417°N 10.07889°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Celle | |
| Town | Celle | |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) | |
| Population (2008-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 7,228 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 29227 | |
| Dialling codes | 05141 | |
Westercelle is a suburb of the district town of Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, that lies 3 kilometres south of the town centre on the river Fuhse.
The village derives its name from its location west of the original settlement of Celle, now called Altencelle ("Old Celle"). The first houses were built on the banks of the river. Westercelle developed into a purely agricultural, relatively large village with farms on both sides of the road running from Celle south towards Hanover, which later became the B 3 federal road. Individual farmsteads still exist in the suburb. In 1974 the village was incorporated into the town of Celle.
The mother church of the Lutheran parish of Westercelle is the Christ Church (Christuskirche).
The chair of the local council (Ortsbürgermeister) is Michael Schwarz.
The green shield of the village coat of arms is divided diagonally from top left by a wavy white line that symbolises the river Fuhse. Above is a white horses' head, below a white lime tree leaf.
Since the 1970s industry and commerce has settled in the new trading estates sited in favourable locations next to the B 3. The trading estates include Street One and trispel. Following completion of the second section of the eastern ring road in 2011 Westercelle should be relieved of its heavy through traffic.
The Deutsche Bahn (DB)'s S-Bahn line from Celle via Burgdorf and Lehrte to Hanover runs towards the west through this part of Celle. The nearest station is Celle (occasional Intercityexpress, InterCity and S-Bahn trains).
The town's bus lines: nos. 1 (Westercelle-Celle-Vorwerk-Garßen), 6 (Westercelle-Celle-Hafen-Neustadt-Neustädter Holz) and 7 (Gewerbegebiet Westercelle-Westercelle-Celle) stop in Westercelle. In addition there are regional bus lines 1-15 (Westercelle-Celle-Vorwerk-Groß Hehlen-Bergen), 1-45 (Westercelle-Celle-Vorwerk-Garßen-Lachendorf), 6-65 (Eicklingen-Wathlingen-Nienhagen-Adelheidsdorf-Westercelle-Celle), 6-85 (Westercelle-Celle-Hafen-Neustadt-Hambühren-Südwinsen-Wietze) and 7-75 (Nienhorst-Adelheidsdorf-Großmoor-Dasselsbruch-Gewerbegebiet Westercelle-Westercelle-Celle). The bus network is run by the Celle bus company, CeBus.
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