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Lindau (other)
Lindau is a town and island in Lake Constance, Bavaria, Germany. Lindau may also refer to: Places Germany * Lindau (Anhalt), a town in the district Anhalt-Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt * Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau), a village in the municipality of Katlenburg-Lindau in Lower Saxony * Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein, part of Amt Dänischer Wohld, district Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein Bavaria * Lindau (district), Swabia * Lindau (island), the ''Altstadt'' of the town of Lindau * Lindau, a district of Trebgast, Kulmbach Switzerland * Lindau, Switzerland, Zurich People * Lindau (surname) ** Arvid Lindau (1892–1958), Swiss pathologist and bacteriologist *** von Hippel–Lindau disease or familial cerebello retinal angiomatosis, a human eye disease named after Lindau and German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel **** von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor, a protein in humans, mutations of which may cause the above disease ***** von Hippel–Lindau binding protein 1, a human chaperone pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau
Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county (''Landkreis'') of Lindau (district), Lindau, Bavaria and is near the borders of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen and Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau. The coat of arms of Lindau town is a linden tree, referring to the supposed origin of the town's name (''Linde'' means linden tree in German). The historic town of Lindau is located on the island of the same name which is connected with the mainland by a road bridge and a railway dam leading to Lindau Hauptbahnhof, Lindau station. History The first use of the name Lindau was documented in 882 by a monk from St. Gallen, stating that Adalbert (Raetia, count of Raetia) had founded a nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau (Anhalt)
Lindau is a small town and a former municipality in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the '' Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") Elbe-Ehle-Nuthe. It is situated near Zerbst on the river Nuthe in the landscape and low mountain range Fläming and Fläming Nature Park The Fläming Nature Park (german: Naturpark Fläming) is a nature park with 824 km2 in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, opened in 2005. It is one of six nature parks in the state Saxony-Anhalt. The park borders in the north to the High Fläming Nature .... Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Zerbst. Sights *Castle Lindau, probably built in 9th/10th century. First mentioned in 1179. Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Zerbst {{AnhaltBitterfeld-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau)
Lindau (also: ''Lindau (Eichsfeld)'') is a village in the southern Lower Saxony, Lower Saxon section of the Eichsfeld, Germany. Lindau belongs to the Gemeinde (Germany), Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim (district), Northeim. The village is known to many space physics, space physicists and radio engineering, 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 there until 2014, when it moved to Göttingen, also in Lower Saxony.'Neubau' on MPS website, viewed 2014-07-09 Geography Lindau lies on an area of level farmland between the Oder (Harz), Oder and Rhume rivers.History Lindau was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1184. Around 1322 Otto ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein
Lindau is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde Rendsburg-Eckernförde (; da, Rendsborg-Egernførde) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön (district), Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of ..., in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. References Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Rendsburg-Eckernförde {{RendsburgEckernförde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau (district)
Lindau is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany; its capital is the city of Lindau. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district of Oberallgäu, Austria (federal state of Vorarlberg), Lake Constance and the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Bodensee and Ravensburg). History The city of Lindau became a Free Imperial City in the 13th century; it was directly subordinate to the emperor. The rural areas around Lindau were the property of monasteries or tiny counties, that rose and fell in the region. When Napoleon gained influence in the area, all these entities were dissolved in the German Mediatisation. Lindau fell to Bavaria. The district of Lindau was established in 1938. After the Second World War it became — like the Rhenish Palatinate — part of the French zone of occupation, while the rest of Bavaria was under American occupation. In 1955 the district was reincorporated into Bavaria, unlike the Rhenish Palatinate. The city of Lindau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau (island)
On the island of Lindau in the eastern Lake Constance is the '' Altstadt'' of the Bavarian county town of Lindau, which occupies the eastern part of the island. The island of Lindau, which forms 2% of the area and 12% of the population of the entire town, is one of the town's ten administrative districts. The district is just called ''Insel'' ("Island"). History The present island of Lindau originally consisted of three separate islands, which were formed by the moraine of the Rhine Glacier: #''Vordere Insel'' or ''Hauptinsel'' ("Anterior Island" or "Main Island") with Lindau's ''Altstadt'' east of the historical town wall, separated from the ''Hintere Insel'' by the town ditch #''Hintere Insel'' ("Far Island") west of the old town ditch with the present-day station and tracks #''Römerschanze'' ("Roman Schanze") or ''Auf Burg'' ("On the Castle"), the smallest of the former islands, in front of the subsequent harbour on the south side On an 1822 map (long before the construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trebgast
Trebgast is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee .... Municipal divisions Trebgast is arranged in the following boroughs: * Feuln * Lindau * Trebgast * Waizendorf References Kulmbach (district) {{Kulmbach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau, Switzerland
Lindau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Pfäffikon (district), Pfäffikon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Lindau is first mentioned in 774 as ''Lintauvia''. Geography Lindau has an area of . Of this area, 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. 13.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality if located in the western portion of the lower Kempt valley. It includes the villages of Lindau, Tagelswangen, Winterberg ZH, Winterberg and Grafstal. Demographics Lindau has a population (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau (surname) (1829–1910), German writer
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Lindau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arvid Lindau (1892–1958), Swedish pathologist * Baruch Lindau (1759–1849), German-Jewish writer * Gustav Lindau (1866–1923), German botanist * Karl Lindau, pen- and stage name of Karl Gemperle (1853–1934), Austrian actor, writer and librettist * Paul Lindau (1839–1919), German writer * Peter Lindau (born 1972), Swedish footballer * Rudolf Lindau Rudolf Lindau (10 October 1829 in Gardelegen, Saxony – 14 October 1910) was a German diplomat and author. Milestones Rudolf Lindau was responsible for commanding the first Swiss delegation to Japan on 28 April 1859, along with Swiss Aimé Humb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Lindau
Arvid Vilhelm Lindau (23 July 1892 – 7 September 1958) was a Swedish pathologist and bacteriologist born in Malmö. Lindau studied medicine at the University of Lund and received his training in bacteriology at the University of Copenhagen and at Harvard (1931/32 as a Rockefeller scholarship holder). In 1933 he succeeded John Forssman (1868–1947) as chair of general pathology, bacteriology and general health science at Lund.Arvid Vilhelm Lindau @ Who Named It Lindau published more than forty papers on pathology, , and bacteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Hippel–Lindau Disease
Von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL), also known as Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder with multisystem involvement. It is characterized by visceral cysts and benign tumors with potential for subsequent malignant transformation. It is a type of phakomatosis that results from a mutation in the Von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 3p25.3. Signs and symptoms Signs and symptoms associated with VHL disease include headaches, problems with balance and walking, dizziness, weakness of the limbs, vision problems, and high blood pressure. Conditions associated with VHL disease include angiomatosis, hemangioblastomas, pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts (pancreatic serous cystadenoma), endolymphatic sac tumor, and bilateral papillary cystadenomas of the epididymis (men) or broad ligament of the uterus (women). Angiomatosis occurs in 37.2% of patients presenting with VHL disease and usually occurs in the retina. As a result, loss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Von Hippel
Eugen Adolf Arthur von Hippel (3 August 1867 – 4 July 1939) was a German ophthalmologist born in Königsberg. Family Eugen is the son of Arthur von Hippel (physician), brother of Robert von Hippel and Richard von Hippel, and uncle of Arthur R. von Hippel. Early life, education, and training He studied medicine in Heidelberg under ophthalmologist Theodor Leber (1840–1917) and neurologist Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921). Career In 1897, Hippel attained the title of "professor extraordinary" at Heidelberg, and in 1909 became a professor at the eye clinic in Halle. In 1914, he became a professor of ophthalmology in Göttingen. In 1904, Hippel described a rare disorder of the retina, and in 1911 discovered the anatomical basis of this disease, which he named "angiomatosis retinae". However it wasn't until 1926 that Swedish pathologist Arvid Lindau recognized an association between angiomatosis of the retina with hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum and other parts of the cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
