Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau)
Lindau | |
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Location of Lindau | |
| Coordinates: 51°40′57″N 10°5′57″E / 51.68250°N 10.09917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Northeim |
| Municipality | Katlenburg-Lindau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Heinrich Schmidt (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,721 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 37191 |
| Dialling codes | 05556 |
| Vehicle registration | NOM |
| Website | www.katlenburg-lindau.de |
Lindau (also: Lindau (Eichsfeld)) is a village in the southern Lower Saxon section of the Eichsfeld, Germany. Lindau belongs to the Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim. The village is known to many space physicists and 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.