Lindau (German: Lindau (Bodensee)) is a major town and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance. It is the capital of the Landkreis or county Lindau, Bavaria, and located near the borders of Austria and Switzerland. 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 an 0.68-square-kilometre island, which is connected with the mainland by a road-traffic bridge and a railway dam leading to Lindau station.