The Großer Eutiner See is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

Holstein Switzerland Holstein Switzerland () is a hilly area with a patchwork of lakes and forest in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, reminiscent of Swiss landscape. Its highest point is the Bungsberg (168 metres above sea level).Carl Ingwer Johannsen & Eckardt Op ...

, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It lies northeast of the town of

Eutin Eutin () is the district capital of Ostholstein, Eastern Holstein county located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of December 2022, the town had some 17,000 inhabitants. History The name Eutin (originally Utin) is of Slavic ...

. It has an area of , is up to 17 metres deep and lies at a height of about . It northern side borders directly on the woods of the Seeschaarwald. In the western part of the lake, separated by the Bebensund Bridge, the Fissauer Bucht, its main inflow, the

River Schwentine The Schwentine is a river in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is approximately long and rises on the hill of Bungsberg, the highest point in the state, near the village of Kasseedorf in Ostholstein. It then runs from its source t ...

enters, and then leaves again a little further west. For boating enthusiasts the Schwentine is only navigable upstream as far as the Großer Eutiner See. Fissauer Bucht im Grossen Eutiner See

There are two islands in the Großer Eutiner See:

Pheasant Island Pheasant Island (, , , , ) is an uninhabited river island located in the Bidasoa river, located between France and Spain, whose administration alternates between the two nations every six months. Etymology There are no pheasants on the isla ...

(''Fasaneninsel'') on which the origins of the settlement in that area are located, and which used to be a visual axis point for the former

Baroque garden The Baroque garden was a style of garden based upon symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. The style originated in the late-16th century in Italy, in the gardens of the Vatican and the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome and in the ...

at Eutin Castle and which has been re-occupied today and is in private hands, and the so-called ''Liebesinsel'' ("Love Island"). Musicals take place during the summer in the castle garden on the shore of the Großer Eutiner See.

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Round trips on the Großer Eutiner See

Eutin Summer Games
Lakes of Schleswig-Holstein LEutinersee, Grosser Ostholstein Grosser Eutiner See {{SchleswigHolstein-geo-stub

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