What is Lindau?
{{Infobox German location |Art = Stadt |Wappen = DEU Lindau COA.svg |image_photo = Lindau Insel Luftbild3.jpg |image_caption = Aerial view of Lindau Island |coordinates = {{coord|47|32|45|N|9|41|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Lindau (Bodensee) in LI.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Bavaria |Regierungsbezirk = Swabia |Landkreis = Lindau |Höhe = 401 |Fläche = 33.18 |Einwohner = 24537 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |PLZ = 88131 |Vorwahl = 08382 |Kfz = LI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 76 116 |Website = {{url|http://www.lindau.de}} |Bürgermeister = Gerhard Ecker ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) |}} '''Lindau''' (formerly ''Lindau im Bodensee''; {{IPA-de|ˈlɪndaʊ̯|lang|De-Lindau.ogg}}; {{lang-swg|Linde}} or ''Lindou''/''Linda'') is a major town and [[Lindau (island)|island]] on the eastern side of [[Lake Constance]] (''Bodensee'') in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is the capital of the rural district (''Landkreis'') of [[Lindau (district)|Lindau]] and is near the borders of the [[Austria]]n state of [[Vorarlberg]] and the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] cantons of [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] and [[Canton of Thurgau|Thurgau]]. As of 31 December 2018, 25,490 people lived there. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commonscat-inline|Lindau (Bodensee)}} {{Cities and towns in Lindau (district)}} {{authority control}} {{Multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Lindau (district)]]