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  Wappen Wappen Eutinpng
  lat Deg 54 lat_min = 8 lat_sec = 16
  lon Deg 10 lon_min = 37 lon_sec = 5
  Lageplan Eutin in OHpng
  Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein
  Kreis Ostholstein
  Höhe 33
  Fläche 414
  Einwohner 17213
  Stand 2005-10-30
  PLZ 23701
  Vorwahl 04521
  Kfz OH
  Gemeindeschlüssel 01 0 55 012
  Adresse Markt 1<br />23701 Eutin
  Website wwweutinde
  Bürgermeister Klaus-Dieter Schulz


Eutin () is the district capital of '') located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein . Inhabitants: 17000.
The originally Slavonic settlement (''Utin'') was populated in the 12th Century by Dutch settlers. In 1156 Eutin became a market town. City rights were granted in the year 1257 . It would later become the seat of the 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 .

Eutin is the birthplace of composer Carl Maria Von Weber . To honor him, an open air theater (''Freilichtbühne'') was built in a park in 1951 where several operas and orchestral works are performed during the summer months (changing each season), at least one of them written by Carl Maria Von Weber . The capacity of this open-air stage is about 2000 people. It is a good idea to bring a raincoat or umbrella to the performance if the weather is changeable.

Poet and translator Johann Heinrich Voß lived in Eutin for about 20 years as principal of the local grammar school which bears his name until today (''Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Gymnasium'').


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Eutin's sister city is Lawrence , Kansas .


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