Katlenburg-Lindau

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Katlenburg-Lindau
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Katlenburg-Lindau
Katlenburg-Lindau (Germany)
Katlenburg-Lindau
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Northeim
Local subdivisions 7 Ortsteile bzw. Stadtbezirke
Mayor Uwe Ahrens (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 71.47 km² (27.6 sq mi)
Elevation 139 m  (456 ft)
Population 7,620  (04/10/2006)
 - Density 107 /km² (276 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate NOM
Postal code 37191
Area codes 05552 oder 05556
Website www.katlenburg-lindau.de

Coordinates: 51°40′57″N 10°5′57″E / 51.6825, 10.09917

Katlenburg-Lindau is a municipality in the Landkreis (district) of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 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.

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[edit] Localities

[edit] Political

[edit] "Gemeinderat" (council)


[edit] Schools in Katlenburg-Lindau

  • Burgbergschule (Katlenburg)
  • Haupt- und Realschule (Lindau)

[edit] Visitor attractions

  • Katlenburg: the castle after which the township of Katlenburg is named
  • Mushaus in Lindau
  • Mordmühle: an old mill in Lindau

[edit] Churches

  • Kreuzkirche (Lutheran protestant, Lindau)
  • St Peter und Paul (Catholic, Lindau)
  • Herz-Jesu (Catholic, Katlenburg)

[edit] 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-presedent 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

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