Editing Ostholstein

{{Infobox District DE
| name = Ostholstein
| map = {{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1194}}
| image_coa = File:DEU Kreis Ostholstein COA.svg
| image_flag = Flagge Kreis Ostholstein.svg
| state = Schleswig-Holstein
| region = 
| capital = [[Eutin]]
| area = 1392.59
| coordinates =
| Kreisschlüssel = 01055
| district_admin = Reinhard Sager
| admin_party = CDU
| carsign = OH
| founded =
| url = [https://www.kreis-oh.de kreis-oh.de]
}}
'''Ostholstein''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɔsthɔlʃtaɪn|-|De-Ostholstein.ogg}}; {{langx|da|Østholsten}}) is a district in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of [[Stormarn (district)|Stormarn]], [[Segeberg]] and [[Plön (district)|Plön]], the [[Baltic Sea]] and the city of [[Lübeck]]. Geographically, the district covers the vast majority of what is considered to be the peninsular of [[Wagria]].

==Geography==

The district consists of the [[Wagria]] peninsula between the [[Bay of Lübeck]] and the [[Bay of Kiel]], the island of [[Fehmarn]], the eastern part of the region called [[Holstein Switzerland]] and the northern suburbs of [[Lübeck]].

Holsatian Switzerland is an area full of lakes and woody hills, which is shared with the adjoining district of [[Plön (district)|Plön]]. 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==

The district was established in 1970 by merging the former districts of Eutin and Oldenburg in Holstein. These former districts have different histories.

The District of Eutin emerged from the [[Bishopric of Lübeck#Principality and Region of Lübeck|Principality, and later Region of Lübeck]], which again emerged from the secularised prince-bishopric of Lübeck. 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 transferred to [[Prussia]] as the district of Eutin within the Prussian [[province of Schleswig-Holstein]].

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 in Holstein.

==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms displays:
* a cross from the arms of the bishopric of Lübeck; this bishopric existed until 1535 and owned large possessions in the region
* a tower from the city arms of Oldenburg

==Towns and municipalities==
[[File:Uebersicht-OH.png|alt=Übersicht|right|645x645px]]
{|
|-----
!Independent towns||Independent municipalities
|-
|valign=top|
#[[Bad Schwartau]]
#[[Eutin]]
#[[Fehmarn]]
#[[Heiligenhafen]]
#[[Neustadt in Holstein]]
#[[Oldenburg in Holstein]]
|valign=top|
#[[Ahrensbök]]
#[[Dahme, Schleswig-Holstein|Dahme]]
#[[Grömitz]]
#[[Grube]]
#[[Kellenhusen]]
#[[Malente]]
#[[Ratekau]]
#[[Scharbeutz]]
#[[Stockelsdorf]]
#[[Süsel]]
#[[Timmendorfer Strand]]
|}
{|
! colspan=2|[[Amt (country subdivision)|Ämter]]
|- valign=top
||
*'''1. [[Großer Plöner See (Amt)|Großer Plöner See]]'''<br />[seat: [[Plön]]] <br/>(the other 11 municipalities of the ''Amt'' <br/>belong to the [[Plön (district)|district of Plön]])
#[[Bosau]]
*'''2. [[Lensahn (Amt)|Lensahn]]'''
#[[Beschendorf]]
#[[Damlos]]
#[[Harmsdorf, Ostholstein|Harmsdorf]]
#[[Kabelhorst]]
#[[Lensahn]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Manhagen]]
#[[Riepsdorf]]
||
*'''3. [[Oldenburg-Land]]'''<br />[seat: Oldenburg in Holstein]
#[[Göhl]]
#[[Gremersdorf]]
#[[Großenbrode]]
#[[Heringsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein|Heringsdorf]]
#[[Neukirchen, Ostholstein|Neukirchen]]
#[[Wangels]]
*'''4. [[Ostholstein-Mitte]]'''
#[[Altenkrempe]]
#[[Kasseedorf]]
#[[Schashagen]]
#[[Schönwalde am Bungsberg]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Sierksdorf]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Kreis Ostholstein}}
*[http://www.kreis-oh.de/ Official website] (German)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060428213045/http://www.stranddorf.de/Kursbuch/Ostholstein.htm Information about the culture and landscape of Ostholstein] (German)

{{Germany districts schleswig-holstein}}
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[[Category:Ostholstein| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Schleswig-Holstein]]