Eutin Hunting Castle

The construction of the hunting lodge was commissioned in 1776 by Friedrich August I, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and Duke of Oldenburg, for his wife Ulrica Friederike. The designs were by Eutin court architect Georg Greggenhofer, who also supervised the construction. Originally used as a pleasure house for courtly festivities after hunting parties, Wilhelm von Humboldt described the views of the surrounding lakes as “divine” in 1796. In the 20th century, the castle passed to the state of Schleswig-Holstein in 1937 and was publicly used by the city of Eutin from 1958. After renovations in the 1980s and 1990s, necessitated by structural damage and mold infestation, the roof suffered a fire in 2007, which was subsequently repaired.