It borders Plagwitz to the south and Leutzsch to the northwest - the built-up area merges into these neighbouring quarters without any noticeable separation.

The eastern border is formed by the Elster basin and the Palmengarten, a park created at the end of the 19th century.

Even after the Reformation, until 1815, the village belonged to the area of the Episcopal Principality of Merseburg under electoral Saxon sovereignty (Amt Lützen[5]).

However, the exclave of Lindenau and the eastern part of Amt Lützen remained under the supervision of the Kingdom of Saxony and were integrated into the Kreisamt of Leipzig.

In addition to agriculture and livestock breeding, fishing along the rivers and in the artificial ponds was an important source of income for the inhabitants.

In the second half of the 19th century, the entrepreneur Karl Heine acquired extensive properties in and around Lindenau and had building land developed there.

Heine also began construction of the canal that today bears his name and negotiated paving contracts with the governments of Prussia and Saxony so that the planned industrial area could be connected to the railways of both countries.

With the introduction of freedom of trade in 1860, the foundations for the rapid industrial development of Lindenau were laid.

Over the next two decades, Lindenau underwent extensive construction, many new streets with apartment buildings and factories were added, and the population continued to grow.

Between 1893 and 1898, the Lindenauer Ratswiesen of the Kuhturm east of the Kuhburger Wasser were transformed into a landscaped garden, the Palmengarten.

However, the construction work carried out by the National Socialists with the aim of creating jobs was interrupted during the war and was not resumed afterwards.

Bowman was not discovered until 67 years after the end of the war by German military historian Jürgen Möller.

Between 2008 and 2018, there was also the revue theatre "Am Palmengarten" with a hall for up to 150 people; it was created by converting the listed petrol station building from 1944.

[20] Some smaller cultural spaces have been created in the so-called Wächterhäuser, for example the art associations D21 Kunstraum Leipzig 20 and Kuhturm e. V.[21] Tram lines 7 , 8 and 15 pass through Lindenauer Markt.

Lützner Strasse (named after the town of Lützen) and Merseburger Straße form an important east-west connection.

(today Lützner Strasse) The largest sports facility in Lindenau in terms of area is the training ground of the football club RB Leipzig on the Cottaweg.