Eutin
Eutin
Location of the town of Eutin within Ostholstein district
Coordinates	54°8′16″N 10°37′5″E / 54.13778°N 10.61806°E / 54.13778; 10.61806Coordinates: 54°8′16″N 10°37′5″E / 54.13778°N 10.61806°E / 54.13778; 10.61806
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Ostholstein
Mayor	Klaus-Dieter Schulz
Basic statistics
Area	41.4 km2 (16.0 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m  (108 ft)
Population	17,047 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	412 /km2 (1,066 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OH
Postal code	23701
Area code	04521
Website	www.eutin.de

Eutin (German pronunciation: [ɔʏˈtiːn]) is the district capital of Eastern Holstein (German: Ostholstein) located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of 2005, it had some 17,000 inhabitants.

Market.

The originally Slavonic settlement (Utin) was populated in the twelfth century by Dutch settlers. In 1156 Eutin became a market town. City rights were granted in the year 1257. It later became the seat of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck, as Lübeck itself was an imperial free city. When the bishopric was secularized in 1803, Eutin became part of the Duchy of Oldenburg. As a result of the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, Eutin passed from the Free State of Oldenburg to the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein. After World War II, it became part of the modern Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.

Eutin is the birthplace of composer Carl Maria von Weber. To honour him, an open air theater (Freilichtbühne) was built in the Eutin Castle's park in 1951 where several operas are performed during July and August during the Eutin Festival. The capacity of this open-air stage is about 2000 people.

Geography [link]

Eutin is surrounded by a number of lakes of the Holsteinische Schweiz including Großer Eutiner See, Kleiner Eutiner See, Kellersee and Ukleisee.

Famous citizens [link]

• Nicholas Mercator, mathematician, born in Eutin in 1620.
• Johann Heinrich Voss
• Carl Maria von Weber

International relations [link]

Eutin is twinned with:

• Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
• Putbus auf Rügen, Germany
• Lawrence, Kansas, USA

References [link]

External links [link]

• Official website
• Site of the Eutin Festival

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