Lindau (Anhalt)
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Lindau is a district of the city of Zerbst / Anhalt in the district of Anhalt- Bitterfeld, in Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ).
Geography
Lindau in Vorfläming lies between the towns of Zerbst and Möckern. The northern Nuthe bends here, coming from the northwest, towards the south. Above this bend in the river lies the castle of Lindau. Lindau belongs to the 2005 declared Natural Park flaming.
History
On the site of the bailey settlement remains have been found dating from the 9th and 10th centuries. The Lindau Castle appeared in 1179 the first time in a document. She served in times of war often as a refuge for the inhabitants of Lindau. The castle tower was rebuilt in 1863. Worth seeing is the church in Lindau ( late Romanesque style).
Until 31 December 2009, the small town of Lindau was an independent municipality with the associated hamlets Kerchau, Lietzo, New worry, Quast and Vordamm. On an area of 36.64 km ² community lived 1096 inhabitants ( 31 December 2008). On 1 January 2010, the annexation was to Zerbst / Anhalt.
Policy
Mayor
The last mayor of the town of Lindau was Helmut Seidler.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 16 November 1992, the Ministry of the Interior and registered in the State Archives Magdeburg under the coat of arms registration number 22/1992.
Blazon: " Argent, growing out of a green sign foot a green lime. "
The city colors are green - white.
Lindau is a former Anhalt city. Since the filing of Anhalt State Ministry are mostly not survived, could not be determined whether the coat of arms has already been confirmed in documents. Mentioned, the present literature that Lindau since 1856 in silver, a green lime leads the coat of arms and the city green colors - White leads since 1896.
The coat of arms was designed by the Heraldry Society "Black Lion" Leipzig and recorded in the Quedlinburg Wappenrolle under QWR II/89023 on April 30, 1989.
Transport links
Lindau is located on the road link ( L55 ) of Zerbst to Loburg. The Lindau ( Anh ) station was on the railway line Berlin- Blankenheim; in the 1990s, the route for speeds up to 160 km / h and electrified, sometimes wrong here even ICE trains ( without stopping ), the line was, however, closed down in December 2004. The nearest railway station is 10 km away Zerbst on the railway line Trebnitzgrund -Leipzig.