Outlook: What's Next?

• Reutin: Completion of further construction phases and activation of a largely car-free quarter with housing, local amenities, daycare, medical practices, offices, gastronomy, and green spaces.
• Berliner Platz: Further development into a mobility hub with better connections between train, bus, cycling and pedestrian traffic, as well as more recreation and greenery.
• Shopping Center at Berliner Platz: Energy-efficient modernization, new parking garage, upgraded facade, and a larger food area; planned overall completion by the end of 2026.
• Zech: Start of implementation of a mixed-use district center on a formerly commercial site with housing, crafts/services, open spaces, and meeting places.
• Island: Qualifying measures for climate resilience, recreational quality, and routing; the public park on the Hintere Insel will remain free of large-scale new development on municipal land in the coming years.

Reutin: Climate-Friendly Quarter with Short Distances

The new quarter at Berliner Platz focuses on mixed use, short distances, and high recreational quality. It is organized to be largely car-free; parking spaces are bundled and relieve courtyards and paths. Planned components:

• Apartments in various sizes and price segments, including shares for affordable housing.
• Daycare, local amenities, spaces for medical practices and offices, as well as gastronomy as a social meeting point.
• Open spaces with high recreational quality, shade-providing greenery, and play opportunities.
• Heat supply via geothermal energy, supplemented by photovoltaics on roofs for climate-friendly energy generation.

With phased completion, a vibrant, everyday-oriented quarter is growing that noticeably strengthens city life on the mainland.

Berliner Platz: Bundling Mobility, Gaining Urban Space

Berliner Platz is becoming a central hub that connects mobility and recreation. Planned are safe, low-barrier crossings, comfortable transfers between train and bus, better cycling and pedestrian connections, and more greenery for heat protection and recreational quality. A central bus station is planned as a core element.

For residents, this will mean less of a thoroughfare character and more of a destination. For guests arriving at Reutin station, an inviting city entrance with clear orientation is being created.

Shopping Center at Berliner Platz: Completion by End of 2026

The shopping center is being comprehensively modernized and upgraded in terms of urban development. The measures include:

• Energy-efficient renovation to reduce energy demand and emissions.
• New parking garage for orderly access.
• Expanded food area as a meeting point for the quarter.
• Revised facade and better integration with the surroundings.

The planned overall completion by the end of 2026 strengthens the local offering and the connection between the quarter, station, and mobility hub.

Zech: A New, Mixed-Use Center

On the Zechwald site, an urban district center is being created with apartments, businesses for crafts and services, green spaces close to housing, as well as public and semi-public meeting spaces. Implementation will take place step by step after completion of planning and approval processes, with a focus on climate-adapted design, short distances, and lively ground floors.

Island Development: Securing Quality, Strengthening Climate

On the island, finer routing, more greenery, cooler places, and a balanced mix of everyday life and tourism will be the focus in the future. Planned measures include strengthening retail, calming traffic, and adapting to climate change.

For the Hintere Insel: The existing public park will be further developed and upgraded in the coming years without large-scale new development on municipal land, in order to secure recreation, climate resilience, and recreational quality.

Tangible Benefits for Everyday Life

• More housing options on the mainland with good local amenities and social infrastructure.
• Easier, safer transfers and short distances between train, bus, bike, and foot at Berliner Platz.
• More shade, water, and green structures for heat protection and recreational quality.
• Stronger district centers: Reutin and Zech gain functions that relieve routes to the island.
• Attractive city entrance for guests – and more options to stay and linger locally.

Practical Tips: How to Stay Up to Date

• Follow project pages and announcements from the City of Lindau (urban development, land-use planning, mobility).
• Attend public participation and information events; dates will be communicated.
• Observe construction and traffic notices; detours may be possible at times.
• Subscribe to newsletters and social media channels of the city and project sponsors.

Sources and Further Information

1. City of Lindau (Lake Constance) – Official City Portal — Project announcements on urban development, mobility, and island development (accessed 2026-01-14)
2. City of Lindau – Town Hall & Service — Information on participation, land-use planning, announcements (accessed 2026-01-14)
3. Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport — Programs for climate-adapted urban and neighborhood development (accessed 2026-01-14)
4. German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) — Practical knowledge on mobility hubs and climate-resilient open spaces (accessed 2026-01-14)