Ostholstein
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| State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Capital: | Eutin |
| Area: | 1391 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 204,100 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 147 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | OH |
| Website: | kreis-oh.de | Map |
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Ostholstein is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Stormarn, Segeberg and PlÃÂön, the Baltic Sea and the city of LÃÂübeck.
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The district was established in 1970 by merging the former districts of Eutin and Oldenburg. These parts have different histories.
Eutin was ruled by LÃÂübeck. In 1803 it became an exclave of the duchy of Oldenburg (which confusingly has nothing to do with the Holsteinian city of Oldenburg). In 1937 it was moved to Prussia and became the Prussian district of Eutin.
The region of Oldenburg was a part of the duchy of Holstein. In 1864 Holstein became subordinate to Prussia, which soon afterwards established the district of Oldenburg.
The district consists of the Wagrien peninsula, the island of Fehmarn, the eastern part of the region called "Holsteinische Schweiz" (Holsatian Switzerland) and the northern suburbs of LÃÂübeck.
Holsatian Switzerland is an area full of lakes and woody hills, which is shared with the adjoining district of PlÃÂön. The Bungsberg, though only 168 m in height, is the highest elevation in Schleswig-Holstein. The island of Fehmarn is the third largest island of Germany. Since 1963 it has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge.History
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