Katlenburg-Lindau
Katlenburg-Lindau is a municipality in the Landkreis of Northeim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Northeim, and 20 km northeast of Göttingen. Katlenburg-Lindau was formed on 1 March 1974 from the formerly independent communities of Katlenburg-Duhm, Gillersheim, Berka, Elvershausen, Wachenhausen, Suterode and Lindau. With the exception of Lindau, which had belonged Landkreis Duderstadt, these communities were part of Landkreis Northeim.
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research 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
Political
"Gemeinderat" (council)
- CDU 9 Seats
- SPD 10 Seats
- FW 1 Seat
Schools in Katlenburg-Lindau
- Burgbergschule
- Haupt- und Realschule
- 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
- St Peter and Paul's Church
- Church of the Sacred Heart
Notable figures
- August Beuermann, German politician, MdR, MdL
- Wilfried Gleitze, lawyer, first director of the Deutschen Rentenversicherung Westfalen, former vice-president of the Bundesversicherungsamt
- Michael Krieter, former handball player
- Franz Mueller-Darß, Forstmeister and Standartenführer of the Waffen-SS
- Rolf Herrmann, former handball player
- Binau, Germany
