copyright: Gemeinde Lindlar
Municipality of Lindlar
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Lindlar is well-known far beyond the region for the LVR Open-Air Museum Lindlar, which provides insights into past life and work in the Bergisches Land. The municipality features a lively town center with many shops, cafes, and cultural offerings. Quarries and the history of greywacke have shaped Lindlar's development over many decades. Today, the municipality is an attractive residential and economic location with good connections to the Cologne region. Hiking trails, viewpoints, and nature reserves invite outdoor activities. Tradition and innovation go hand in hand in Lindlar.
Lindlar, Art in public spaces - Oberbergischer Kreis, Title: Firmly built into the earth......
Artist: Manfred Hamm, Photo © Joachim Gies
Lindlar, Art in public spaces - Oberbergischer Kreis. Title: Bronze sculpture "Two Tigers"
Artist: Erdmann Scholz, Photo © Joachim Gies
The Coat of Arms of the Municipality of Lindlar
'The Scheffen Sigel zu Keppel' is the inscription on the seal of the former court of Keppel in Lindlar in the old Bergisches Amt Steinbach. It shows the coat of arms in a baroque shield in the seal field: In the upper field, the ascending Bergischer Lion as the sovereign's coat of arms, and in the lower field, a scale as a symbol of justice by the jurors.
The seal is 3.05 centimeters in size and is preserved in a document dated 04.12.1781 in Volume XV of the Catholic Parish Archive in Lindlar.
Since the municipality of Lindlar at that time constituted the largest part of the Hohkeppel district court area, the Keppel jurors' seal could serve as the basis for the municipality's coat of arms.
The right to use the coat of arms was granted to the municipality on August 6, 1935, by the President of the Rhine Province.
Address
Borromäusstraße 1
51789 Lindlar
Postal Address
Post Office Box 11 20
51779 Lindlar
Phone: 02266 96-0
Fax: 02266 8867
Email: info@gemeinde-lindlar.de
www.lindlar.de
Mayor
Sven Engelmann
Area and Population
The municipality of Lindlar covers an area of 85.88 km² and has 21,836 inhabitants (as of 31.12.2023, data from IT.NRW).