In the city of Lindau, on Lake Constance [Bodensee] in the south of Germany

 “A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” -- William Wordsworth

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(on the eastern side of Lake Constance [Bodensee] in the south of Germany) Found on Lake Constance, the city of Lindau in the state of Bavaria, Lindau is connected to the mainland by two bridges, southeast of Friedrichshafen. Near the borders of today's Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau, Lindau was the site of a Roman camp, Tiberii, and of a Benedictine abbey founded in 810. Fortified in the 12th century, it became a free imperial city in 1275 and was a prosperous merchant town along the trade route from Italy. The abbey was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1466 until 1802. Lindau was ruled by Austria in 1804 and passed to Bavaria in 1805. The communities of the “Garden City” on the lake’s northern shore were incorporated with Lindau in 1922. A popular summer resort and tourist center, Lindau retains a medieval and Baroque appearance. Among notable landmarks are the 15th-century Town Hall, the collegiate church of the old abbey, and St Stephen’s Church. Lindau is famous for its architecture and outdoor attractions, like cycling, sailing, hiking, swimming, and camping.