Moving to Celle: Costs Process & Districts

The old town impresses with its historic half-timbered houses, Celle Palace and narrow cobbled lanes – ideal for lovers of history and urban flair. Neuenhäusen and Blumlage offer late-19th-century period buildings within walking distance of the town centre and are popular with young families.

If you are looking for modern new builds, you will find them in Wietzenbruch or Boye, while Klein Hehlen and Garßen score with quiet residential areas and good infrastructure for families. Altencelle, south of the Aller, stands out with generous plots and proximity to the nature of the Lüneburg Heath.

We do not quote specific rents – they depend heavily on location and condition; compared with Hanover, Celle is considered cheaper. Celle has mechanical engineering companies and firms in deep-drilling and oil and gas technology, such as Baker Hughes and Halliburton, as well as electronics and the food industry. As a centre of the judiciary, Celle is home to the Higher Regional Court and the Lower Saxony-Bremen Regional Social Court; the district administration is also a major employer.

Celle has no university of its own; many students commute to Hanover. Quality of life means the old town with its palace and palace theatre, the Aller and the proximity to the Lüneburg Heath. Hanover is around 40 km to the south-west, Brunswick 55 km to the south-east and Hamburg 120 km to the north.

For private customers: moving a 1-room flat costs from €339, a 2-room flat from €579. It gets a little bigger with a 3-room flat from €909 and a 4-room flat from €1,269. For a house or villa you always receive an individual quote. For long-distance moves a price from €4.20/km applies. Arrange your free survey now.

• Moving volume
• Price per kilometre from €4.20/km
• Floor and use of a lift
• Need for a parking restriction zone

Optional extras: furniture assembly and shared load.

From the small job to the big project – we are there for you.

We plan moves from Berlin (Stromstraße 21) for private and business customers. In the locations overview you will find places with their own pages, and details on longer routes under long-distance moves. For single pieces of furniture or small loads, take a look at our shared-load service.

If you are moving to Celle and the removal van is to stand right outside the building, you need an approved parking restriction. According to the City of Celle's service portal, the city's road traffic authority grants the permit; the legal basis is § 45 and § 46 of the German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO). Without a permit you may not reserve parking spaces on public roads, and other road users do not have to respect an unapproved reservation.

According to the city, your application must state:

• Your name and old and new address
• The purpose and period of the parking restriction
• The area as precisely as possible (street and house number, ideally with a sketch)
• The length of the zone, which is usually based on the length of the removal vehicle
• The date for putting up the signs, if known

According to the city, the signs should be in place three to four days before the moving date, depending on the location. Fees are charged for ordering and hiring the signs; the portal does not give amounts. Signs can also be hired from traffic engineering firms or transport companies. For queries, the city gives the number 05141 123242. So apply early enough that the application, approval and sign order are completed before the moving date. Find out more about this service under parking restriction zone.

Celle's old town is known for its half-timbering. According to Celle Tourismus, there are about 480 or more half-timbered houses in the town centre, and the site also speaks of almost 500; it describes Celle as one of the densest closed ensembles of half-timbered buildings in the world. The core of the buildings dates from shortly before 1500 to around 1800. According to the site, the oldest dated surviving house stands at Am Heiligen Kreuz 26 (1526).

The houses are mostly two to three storeys high and three to seven bays wide, with gables facing the street. According to the site, the narrow gap between the buildings ("Zwische") measures 20 to 60 centimetres. As well-known old-town locations, the source names Kalandgasse, Stechbahn, Zöllnerstraße and Großer Plan, among others.

For your move it is worth clarifying access, stairwell and door widths in detail during the free survey, because historic buildings are individually built. According to the source, many houses are listed buildings; it does not give an exact number. We check whether carrying, a furniture lift or another solution fits, and plan the parking restriction and time window accordingly; that way we avoid delays on moving day. Further information about the town can be found on our Celle page and in the Living in Celle guide.