Lindau

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Lindau

Total population

5,379

Coordinates47.44°, 8.67°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lindau is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Johann Jakob Bodmer

Swiss-German author, academic, critic and poet (1698–1783)

Johannes Frisius

Swiss theologian

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Adrian Weyermann

Swiss songwriter

Franco Marvulli

Swiss cyclist

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Stefan Kobel

volleyball player

Salomon Corrodi

Swiss painter (1810-1892)

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Ernst Meier

Swiss politician (1897-1979)

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Heinrich Abegg

Swiss politician (1904-1984)

Heinrich Jäckli

Swiss professor (1915-1994)

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Stephan Wenk

Johann Kaspar Sieber

Swiss politician (1821-1878)

Lukas Meili

Swiss ice hockey player

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Muriel Grässli

Swiss volleyball and beach volleyball player

Roman Caspar

Swiss handball player

Rudolf Hospinian

Swiss writer

Raphael Eglin

Swiss theologian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zurich

• Tagelswangen
  0.9 mi away
• Effretikon
  1.2 mi away · pop. 16,693
• Winterberg ZH
  1.3 mi away
• Nürensdorf
  1.3 mi away · pop. 4,475
• Grafstal
  1.4 mi away
• Baltenswil
  1.6 mi away
• Kemptthal
  1.7 mi away
• Bassersdorf
  2 mi away · pop. 11,561
• Birchwil
  2.1 mi away
• Brütten
  2.1 mi away · pop. 2,009
• Ottikon
  2.1 mi away · pop. 497
• Oberwil
  2.1 mi away

Browse all places in Zurich →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lindau

Georg Meistermann

Georg Meistermann · 1971

Statuta pictorum

Andreas Tacke · 2018

Die besten Einfamilienhäuser aus Holz

Wolfgang Bachmann · 2013

Die Buchdruckerkunst im Engadin

Patrick A. Wild · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Seen 2026-10-09

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-10-09

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-07

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-07

Climacocystis borealis

Climacocystis borealis

Seen 2026-10-07

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-07

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-07

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-07

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-10-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers