Katlenburg-Lindau is a municipality in the Landkreis (district) of Northeim

Northeim (district)

Northeim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Holzminden, Hildesheim, Goslar, Osterode and Göttingen, and the state of Hesse .-History:...

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated approx. 10 km southeast of Northeim

Northeim

Northeim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, as of 2002, a population of 31 000. It's located on the German Half-Timbered House Road.-History:...

, and 20 km northeast of Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

. 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

Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau)

Lindau variously referred to as Lindau am Harz, Lindau and K-L-Lindau is a village in the southern Niedersachsen section of the Eichsfeld, Germany. Lindau belongs to the Gemeinde of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis of Northeim...

. These communities were in Landkreis Northeim, apart from Lindau which had belonged for a long time to the Landkreis Duderstadt

Duderstadt

Duderstadt is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Göttingen. It is the center and capital of the northern part of the Eichsfeld...

 (itself formerly part of the Eichsfeld

Eichsfeld

The Eichsfeld is a historical region in the southeast of Lower Saxony and northwest of Thuringia in the south of the Harz mountains...

).
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a research institute in Astronomy/Astrophysics, located in Lindau , Germany; 20 km north east of Göttingen. The exploration of our solar system is the central theme for the scientific research done at this Institute...

 (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) of the Max Planck Society

Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....

 is located in Lindau. This was known as "Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie" until June 2004.

Localities

• Berka
• Elvershausen
• Gillersheim
  Gillersheim
  Gillersheim is a village with approximately 1400 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the Gemeinde of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis of Northeim. The village celebrated 900 years of existence in 2005 and is known for its numerous social activities. The...
  
  
• Katlenburg
• Lindau
  Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau)
  Lindau variously referred to as Lindau am Harz, Lindau and K-L-Lindau is a village in the southern Niedersachsen section of the Eichsfeld, Germany. Lindau belongs to the Gemeinde of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis of Northeim...
  
  
• Suterode
• Wachenhausen

"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
  Catholic
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  , Lindau)
• Herz-Jesu (Catholic, Katlenburg)

Notable figures

• August Beuermann (14. December 1867 in Elvershausen; † 15. October 1930 in Hannover), German politician (DVP), MdR
  MDR
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  , MdL
  MDL
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   (Preußen
  Preußen
  Preußen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to:*Preußen , windjammer built in 1902*SMS Preußen , armored frigate*SMS Preußen , pre-dreadnought Battleship*BFC Preussen, football club in Berlin...
  
  )
• 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

External links

• Katlenburg-Lindau website
• Katlenburg website
• Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research