Margraviate of Meissen
Lindenau, located between the rivers Pulsnitz and Schwarze Elster, is the westernmost village of the historic Upper Lusatia region. The "Reihendorf" arose about 1200 during the reign of King Ottokar I of Bohemia in the course of the German "Ostsiedlung" in the former Milceni lands, when a motte-and-bailey castle was erected on the border with the Margraviate of Meissen, vis-à-vis the fortress of Großkmehlen. The settlement of "Lindenaw" was first mentioned in 1342 deed.