Katlenburg-Lindau

Infobox German Location
Wappen = katlenburgwappen.jpg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 40 |lat_sec = 57
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 5 |lon_sec = 57
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Northeim
Höhe = 139
Fläche = 71.47
Einwohner = 7620
Stand = 2006-10-04
PLZ = 37191
Vorwahl = 05552 oder 05556
Kfz = NOM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 55 007
Gliederung = 7 Ortsteile bzw. Stadtbezirke
Straße = Bahnhofstraße 6
Website = [http://www.katlenburg-lindau.de// www.katlenburg-lindau.de]
Bürgermeister = Uwe Ahrens
Partei = parteilos

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.

Localities

*Berka
*Elvershausen
*Gillersheim
*Katlenburg
*Lindau
*Suterode
*Wachenhausen

Political

"Gemeinderat" (council)

*CDU 9 Seats
*SPD 10 Seats
*FW 1 Seat

chools 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-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

ister cities

* Binau, Germany

External links

* [http://www.katlenburg-lindau.de/ Katlenburg-Lindau website]
* [http://www.katlenburg.de/ Katlenburg website]
* [http://www.mps.mpg.de/en/ Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research]