or CELLE, a town of Hanover, in the province of Lüneburg, on the left bank of the Aller, which here receives the Fusa, and becomes navigable 23 miles N.E. of Hanover. It has an ancient castle, surrounded by a wall and moat, the residence of the dukes of Lüneburg, and for three years of Matilda of Denmark, the sister of George III.; the city church, containing the ducal vault; five other churches; a county hall; a new county hall, completed in 1842; a gymnasium; a lying-in hospital; a large prison; and an excellent national stud, containing many horses of good breed. Wax-bleaching and the making of linen, hosiery, tobacco, and soap are carried on here; and there is a considerable transit-trade, and much navigation on the river. Zelle is the seat of several courts of law, public offices, and an agricultural society. The population of the town proper in 1852 was only 5201; but there are three large suburbs, which raise the total population to 13,152.