Lindau (officially in German:
Lindau (Bodensee)) is a major town and an on the eastern side of
Lake Constance (
Bodensee in German). It is the capital of the
Landkreis or rural
district of Lindau in
Swabia,
Bavaria, and located near the borders of Austria (
Vorarlberg) and Switzerland (
St. Gallen and
Thurgau). The coat of arms of Lindau town is a
lime tree, referring to the supposed origin of the town's name (
Linde means lime tree in German). The historic town of Lindau is located on an island, which is connected with the mainland by a road-traffic bridge and a railway dam leading to
Lindau station.