page_title: Lindau
section_title: Tourist attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Lindau / Tourist attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Lindau, tower: Mengturm Nederlands: Lindau, toren: Mengturm
context_page_description: Lindau is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county of Lindau, Bavaria and is near the borders of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau. The coat of arms of Lindau town is a linden tree, referring to the supposed origin of the town's name. The historic town of Lindau is located on the 0.68-square-kilometre island of the same name which is connected with the mainland by a road bridge and a railway dam leading to Lindau station.
context_section_description: Lindau is a popular tourist attraction in the South of Germany. The gardens of Lindau are best in spring or summer blossom and summer is the peak tourist period. Lindau is famous for its architecture and outdoor attractions such as cycling, sailing, hiking, swimming and camping are also popular.
  Harbour entrance with lighthouse and Bavarian Lion sculpture (Island of Lindau)
  Church of St. Stephan (Evangelical Church), c. 1180 with remodelling in 1782
  Church of St. Peter (founded about 1000), became war memorial church in 1928
  Minster 'Unserer Lieben Frau' former church of the monastery 'Maria Himmelfahrt' (which is German for Assumption of Mary), with St. Marien (Stiftskirche)
  Maximilianstraße (main street through the Island of Lindau with shops and restaurants)
  Historic Town Hall
  Casino Spielbank Lindau
  Gardens and Parks of Lindau, e.g. Lindenhofpark
  Museum 'Haus zum Cavazzen'
  Theatre Lindau
  Boat trips by Bodenseeschifffahrt
  Lindau's Old Book Archive (ERB – Ehemals Reichsstädtische Bibliothek) with books from the 15th to 18th Century inside the historic town hall
  Hoyerberg near Hoyerberg Schlössle is a scenic lookout with views of the surrounding area
caption: Tower: Mangenturm
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