VIA ROMEA GERMANICA / Celle - Eltze-Rietze (GER12)

The starting point of the tour from Celle to Rietze is located at the town church in the centre of Celle (Market). Via the "Zöllnerstraße", turn right into the street "Am Heiligen Kreuz". Then turn left, crossing the federal road B 214, into the "Steintor". The street becomes an all-foot and bike path, which we follow around a sports field. At an intersection (“Allerdeich / Osterdeich”), we turn left and come directly to the banks of the “Aller”.

Following the path, we arrive at “Altencelle”. At the entrance, there is the old St. Gertruden church. Cross the road of the same name and follow the signs to the town centre. Here we turn left into the "Dorfstraße". Over the “Aller” and then turn right into the "Osterloher Landstraße" to Osterloh. At the end of the village, we cross the “Aller” again and then continue to the left on the banks of the “Aller”, until we reach a copse. Here, the path goes into a right curve and leads to “Bockelskamp”. Follow the "Alte Poststraße" to the left on a country road ("Lange Straße", "Celler Straße") to Wienhausen.

In “Wienhausen”, we continue straight on the "Celler Straße" and later on the "Haupstraße". Before leaving the village, turn into "Lageweg" and then turn right again into "Appelweg". The path goes into a forest path. We continue through the forest. At an open area in the forest, we turn left and follow the path along the left edge of the forest, until you reach the asphalted path. At the entrance to Sandlingen, turn right into "Buerskopperstraße" and, after a few metres, turn left into "Fasenweg". Right past the Scheppels settlement, continue straight ahead until the road turns to the left (east).

At the next crossroads, we turn right and cross the busy federal road B 214. We continue on the road to Bröckel. Through the village, we always follow the "Hauptstraße". We cross the country road to Uetze and continue straight ahead. The route then continues to the left (south). Continue straight ahead, parallel to the country road, the, at a crossroads with an asphalted path, we turn left and go to Abbeile. In Abbeile, we cross the federal road B188 to the left and continue over the agricultural land direction Benrode. Via the "Bendorfer Straße" and the road "Zur Eltzer Mühle", we reach Eltze.

Take the "Plockhorster Straße" in the direction of Plockhorst. In an arc, we bypass the rails. We continue along the ponds of a gravel plant to Eickenrode. Cross the "Alte Postweg" and then turn left to the "Lehmkuhlenweg", leaving Eickenrode. Cross the "Brandheide", past a weekend house settlement ("Lobbenbüttel"), we continue through a forest and reach our destination of the day, Rietze.