Katlenburg-Lindau (German pronunciation:[ˈkatlənbʊʁkˈlɪndaʊ];Eastphalian:Katelnborg-Lindau) is a municipality in theLandkreis (district) ofNortheim inLower Saxony,Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast ofNortheim, and 20 km northeast ofGöttingen. Katlenburg-Lindau was formed on 1 March 1974 from the formerly independent communities of Katlenburg-Duhm, Gillersheim, Berka, Elvershausen, Wachenhausen, Suterode andLindau. With the exception of Lindau, which had belongedLandkreisDuderstadt (itself formerly part of theEichsfeld), these communities were part of Landkreis Northeim. TheMax Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) of theMax Planck Society was located in Lindau from 1946 to 2014, when it was moved to Göttingen. Until June 2004 the MPI was known as "Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie".
August Beuermann (born 14 December 1867 in Elvershausen; died 15 October 1930 in Hannover), German politician (DVP), MdR, MdL (Preußen)
Wilfried Gleitze (born 8 September 1944 in Lindau), lawyer, first director of the Deutschen Rentenversicherung Westfalen (1987-2009), former vice-president of the Bundesversicherungsamt
Michael Krieter (born 21 August 1963 in Northeim), former handball player
Franz Mueller-Darß (born 29 April 1890 in Lindau; died 18 June 1976 in Lenggries, Upper Bavaria), Forstmeister and Standartenführer of the Waffen-SS