Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau)
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| Ortsteil of Katlenburg-Lindau | ||
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| Coordinates: 51°40′57″N 10°5′57″E / 51.68250°N 10.09917°ECoordinates: 51°40′57″N 10°5′57″E / 51.68250°N 10.09917°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Northeim | |
| Municipality | Katlenburg-Lindau | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Heinrich Schmidt (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006-10-04) | ||
| • Total | 1,846 | |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 37191 | |
| Dialling codes | 05556 | |
| Vehicle registration | NOM | |
| Website | www.katlenburg-lindau.de | |
Lindau variously referred to as Lindau am Harz, Lindau (Eichsfeld) and K-L-Lindau is a village in the southern Niedersachsen section of the Eichsfeld, Germany. Lindau belongs to the Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim. The village is known by many space physicists and radio engineers around the world, as the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (known as "Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy" until June 2004) was based here until 2014, when it shifted to Göttingen.
Lindau lies on an area of level farmland between the Oder and Rhume rivers.
Lindau was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1184. Around 1322 Otto II of Woldenberg, bishop of Hildesheim, established the Muthaus, today the oldest building of the municipality of Gemeinde Katlenburg-Lindau, and in which the Lindau administration was accommodated until 1741.
In the 19th Century Lindau's economy grew with a jute spinning mill set up by the Greve company (1872) and the brewery.
In the afternoon of 15 April 1911, Easter Sunday, Lindau experienced its largest and most devastating fire. In a farmyard in the Unterflecken area of the village, two boys had made a fire. Since it was very windy, the fire spread to the farm buildings and those of a bricklayer. Primitive fire fighting equipment and the distance from the local river led to the entire Unterflecken being burnt. Sparks ignited other houses and stored chemicals exploded.
42 houses and 30 auxiliary buildings were destroyed and many were never rebuilt. In the village marketplace the Mariendenkmal monument was erected. In the same year, a local volunteer fire brigade was established.
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