Lindau
Lindau is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany.
Lindau is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county (Landkreis) 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 (0.26 sq mi) island of the same name, which is connected with the mainland by a road bridge and a railway causeway leading to Lindau station.
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Worth seeing in and around Lindau
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Leiblach
The Leiblach is a 34-kilometre-long tributary of Lake Constance and the Rhine, respectively. It forms the Austria–Germany border near the lake.
3.6 km · tributary of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany, and Vorarlberg, Austria · Wikipedia - 02Lindau Lighthouse
The Lindau Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Lindau, on Lake Constance. It is the southernmost lighthouse in Germany, and the only lighthouse in Bavaria.
300 m · lighthouse in Germany · Wikipedia - 03Lindau Abbey
Lindau Abbey was a house of secular canonesses in Lindau on the Bodensee in Bavaria, Germany, which stands on an island in the lake.
300 m · historic house in Landau, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Hoy
Hoy is an uninhabited island in Lake Constance in Germany. It lies 400 metres east of the island of Lindau in the Bay of Reutin and 100 metres south of the lakeshore near the mouth of the Oberreitnauer Ach.
1.1 km · island in Lake Constance, Germany · Wikipedia - 05Stadttheater Lindau
Stadttheater Lindau is a theatre in Bavaria, Germany.
300 m · theatre in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany · Wikipedia - 06Vogelinsel
The Vogelinsel is an island in Lake Constance with an area of around 600 square metres. It lies around 230 metres northwest of the mouth of the Leiblach opposite the Gemarkung of Reutin of the town of Lindau.
3.5 km · small island in Lake Constance, Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
First step after reaching Lindau should be to contact the tourist info centre just outside the train station, where one can get a list of beautiful buildings in the town and a free map too. On a sunny day, the views that this town offers are awesome.
- 01Old City Hall
Construction started in 1422 and took about 14 years to complete.
- 02Lighthouse
Climb the lighthouse (33 m).
- 03Mangturm
A 20-m tower that was built in the 12th century as part of the town's defence wall.
- 04Diebsturm
Constructed in 1380 as part of the city walls.
- 05Stadtmuseum
- 06Bavarian Lion
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Things to do
- 01Stadttheater Lindau
Take cruise trips to neighbouring harbour towns like Bregenz, Konstanz or Friedrichshafen.
- 02Marionette Opera
Music event happening several times a year with live music throughout the island.
- 03Park-Theater
Zwanzigerstr.
- 04Strandbad Eichwald
A managed area for swimming and sun bathing.
- 05Ice Skating Arena
- 06Flugplatz Wildberg
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Where to eat
There are many restaurants in the market and near the shore that offer variety of cuisine. There are also a few good ice-cream places on the island.
- 01Fidelisbäck
Great bakery which originated more than 500 years ago in Wangen im Allgäu.
- 02Wissingers im Schlechterbräu
In der Grub 28,.
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Getting to Lindau
- Airports
- Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 19 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 64 km · Zürich (ZRH), 86 km
- Stations
- Lindau-Insel, 300 m · Lindau-Reutin, 1.8 km · Lindau-Aeschach, 1.5 km
- Memmingen → Lindau60 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €7–10
- Stuttgart → Lindau143 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €22–31
- Munich → Lindau156 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €18–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lindau
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lindau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inEuregio train tickets are available for unlimited travel in the region (including discounts on certain ferries).
- Get inBSB runs seasonal ferries between April and October.
From Wikivoyage: Lindau, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Lindau
- Bodolzmunicipality in the district of Lindau, Bavaria Germany3.4 km