Lindau is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the county of Lindau. It lies near the borders of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau; the historic town occupies a small island connected to the mainland by a road bridge and a railway causeway, and its coat of arms shows a linden tree, referring to the supposed origin of the town's name.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude47.545833 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone FAQs
When is Lindau first recorded and what was founded there?
A monk from St. Gallen documented the name in 882.
The name Lindau was first documented in 882 by a monk from St. Gallen, who stated that Adalbert, count of Raetia, had founded a nunnery on the island.
Sources
1. Lindau (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 25,702 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 47.545833, longitude 9.683889
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 401 m
P2046 (area)
area 33.18 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 25702 (2025)
View the Source2. Lindau (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 882
The first use of the name Lindau was documented in 882 by a monk from St.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 882
The first use of the name Lindau was documented in 882 by a monk from St.
Source text, founding-year: 882
The first use of the name Lindau was documented in 882 by a monk from St.
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
on the eastern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in Bavaria, Germany
View the Source3. GeoNames: Lindau - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2877550
47.54612 9.68431 P PPLA3 DE 02 097 09776 09776116 24518 406 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 406 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 9.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 9.75
47.75 9.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Lindau
Wikidata Q153969, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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