Katlenburg-Lindau

Katlenburg-Lindau
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Katlenburg-Lindau within Northeim district
Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Uwe Ahrens[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	71.47 km2 (27.59 sq mi)
Elevation	139 m (456 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,144
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37191
Dialling codes	05552 oder 05556
Vehicle registration	NOM
Website	www.katlenburg-lindau.de

Katlenburg-Lindau (

), these communities were part of Landkreis Northeim. The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) of the Max Planck Society was located in Lindau from 1946 to 2014, when it was moved to Göttingen. Until June 2004 the MPI was known as "Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie".

Localities

• Berka
• Elvershausen
• Gillersheim
• Katlenburg
• Lindau
• Suterode
• Wachenhausen

Politics

Municipal 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

• St. Johannis Church
• Church of the Cross (Kreuzkirche,
  Lutheran
  , Lindau)
• St Peter and Paul's Church (
  Catholic
  , Lindau)
• Church of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu, former catholic, Desecration in 2009, Katlenburg)

Notable figures

• August Beuermann (born 14 December 1867 in Elvershausen; died 15 October 1930 in Hannover), German politician (
  DVP), MdR, MdL (Preußen
  )
• Wilfried Gleitze (born 8 September 1944 in Lindau), lawyer, first director of the Deutschen Rentenversicherung Westfalen (1987-2009), former vice-president of the Bundesversicherungsamt
• Michael Krieter (born 21 August 1963 in Northeim), former handball player
• Franz Mueller-Darß (born 29 April 1890 in Lindau; died 18 June 1976 in Lenggries, Upper Bavaria), Forstmeister and Standartenführer of the Waffen-SS
• Rolf Herrmann, former handball player

Sister cities

• Binau, Germany

References

External links

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