Utin
Utin (in Latin letters VTIN - also "Uthine") was the name of a Wendish castle, which was built from the 9th century on the " Pheasant Island " in the Great Eutin Lake and was the center of the Wendish Gau of the same name . The castle was connected to the bank by a bridge, on which a settlement (of the same name) developed.
The castle was destroyed by the Holsten when Wagrien was conquered in 1138/39 .
The location of the settlement - the origin of today's city of Eutin - on the shores of the Great Eutin Lake was retained and retained the name "Utin" which changed over time (via, for example, "Uthine") to "Eutin".
The four letters "VTIN" became part of the coat of arms of the city of Eutin.
Origin of name
The place name "Utin" is derived from the personal name "Uta" (or " Uto ") - supplemented by the ending -in - and means "settlement of Uta".
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- http://www.kreiter.info/familie/docs/reiseberichte/holsteinische-schweiz/eutin.htm (about the history of the castle "Utin")
- http://www.burgeninventar.de/html/sh/OSTH_big.html#193 (to the castle "Utin")
- http://www3.ndr.de/ndrtv_pages_std/0,3147,OID4600440,00.html (to the bridge to the castle "Utin")
- http://www.inselnutzungen.uni-kiel.de/archiv_01.html (to the bridge to the castle "Utin")
- http://resikom.adw-goettingen.gwdg.de/MRK/SH3.htm (name "Uta" → "Utin")
- http://www.museerne.dk/content/de6/erlebnisse/burgen_und_wallanlagen/ostholstein_und_lubeck/eutiner_schloss
- Otto Rönnpag - The pheasant island, the origin of Eutin in: Yearbook for local history, Eutin 1987 (page 99-102)
Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′ 20.4 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 33.6 ″ E