Katlenburg-Lindau is a municipality in the Landkreis (district) of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Northeim, and 20 km northeast of Göttingen. The unified municipality of Katlenburg-Lindau was formed on 1 March 1974 from the formerly independent communities of Katlenburg-Duhm, Gillersheim, Berka, Elvershausen, Wachenhausen, and Suterode and Lindau. These communities were in Landkreis Northeim, apart from Lindau which had belonged for a long time to the Landkreis Duderstadt (itself formerly part of the Eichsfeld).
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) of the Max Planck Society is located in Lindau. This was known as "Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie" until June 2004.
Localities
Political
"Gemeinderat" (council)
- CDU 9 Seats
- SPD 10 Seats
- FW 1 Seat
Schools in Katlenburg-Lindau
- Burgbergschule (Katlenburg)
- Haupt- und Realschule (Lindau)
Visitor attractions
- Katlenburg: the castle after which the township of Katlenburg is named
- Mushaus in Lindau
- Mordmühle: an old mill in Lindau
Churches
- Kreuzkirche (Lutheran Protestant, Lindau)
- St Peter und Paul (Catholic, Lindau)
- Herz-Jesu (Catholic, Katlenburg)
Notable figures
- August Beuermann (14. December 1867 in Elvershausen; † 15. October 1930 in Hannover), German politician (DVP), MdR, MdL (Preußen)
- Wilfried Gleitze (8. September 1944 in Lindau), lawyer, first director of the Deutschen Rentenversicherung Westfalen, former vice-president of the Bundesversicherungsamtes
- Michael Krieter (* 21. August 1963 in Northeim), former handball player
- Franz Mueller-Darß (* 29. April 1890 in Lindau; † 18. Juni 1976 in Lenggries, Oberbayern), Forstmeister and Standartenführer of the Waffen-SS
- Rolf Herrmann, former Handball player
Sister cities
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