The Großer Eutiner See is a

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. 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 2020, the town had some 17,000 inhabitants. History The name Eutin (originally Utin) is of Slavic origin. I ...

. 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 to ...

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:

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(''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

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Eutin Castle Eutin Castle (german: Eutiner Schloss) in Eutin in the north German district of Ostholstein is the cultural centre and nucleus of the town. Taken together, this castle, Gottorf Castle and Glücksburg Castle, form the most important group of cou ...

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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