Katlenburg-Lindau ( Eastphalian: ''Katelnborg-Lindau'') is a municipality in the

Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

(district) of

Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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 ...

. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of

, and 20 km northeast of

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...

. Katlenburg-Lindau was formed on 1 March 1974 from the formerly independent communities of Katlenburg-Duhm, Gillersheim, Berka, Elvershausen, Wachenhausen, Suterode and

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, Ge ...

. With the exception of Lindau, which had belonged

Duderstadt Duderstadt () is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Göttingen. It is the center and capital of the northern part of the Eichsfeld ("Untereichsfeld"). In earlier times it was the private wealth of the Roman Cat ...

(itself formerly part of the

Eichsfeld The Eichsfeld ( or ; English: ''Oak-field'') is a historical region in the southeast of the state of Lower Saxony (which is called "Untereichsfeld" = lower Eichsfeld) and northwest of the state of Thuringia ("Obereichsfeld" = upper Eichsfeld) in th ...

), these communities were part of Landkreis Northeim. The

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (abbreviation: MPS; german: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) is a research institute in astronomy and astrophysics located in Göttingen, Germany, where it relocated in February 201 ...

(Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) of the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...

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 Gillersheim is a village with approximately 1,000 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in ...

*Katlenburg *

*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 A ''Muthaus'', also ''Mushaus'' or ''Moshaus'' (~palas) is the German term for a residential, storage or refectory (dining) building connected with a castle. It is sometimes also called a ''Turmhaus'' (literally: tower house). In the 19th century ...

'' in Lindau *Mordmühle: an old mill in Lindau

Churches

*St. Johannis Church *Church of the Cross (''Kreuzkirche'',

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ...

, Lindau) *St Peter and Paul's Church (

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, 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 Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to: Ships * ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902 * SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate * SMS ''Preußen'' (1903), pre-dreadnought Battleship * , vorpostenboot ...

) *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,

References

External links

Katlenburg-Lindau website

Katlenburg website

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
{{Authority control Northeim (district)