Land: Bavaria
Situation and characteristics
Lindau, the largest town on the Bavarian shores of Lake Constance, consists of the picturesque old town on an island in the lake (its area recently increased to 68.8 hectares/170 acres by land reclamation to provide parking loting in the northwest of the
town); the harbor used by the Lake Constance "White Fleet"; and the garden city of Lindau (residential districts, recreational facilities, industry), spaciously laid out amid orchards on the morainic slopes of the mainland. The two parts of the town are linked by a bridge (the Neue Seebrücke) and a causeway carrying the railroad.