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The feminine name Jutta is the German form of Judith. In German it is pronounced Yutta -- the u is pronounced like the u in "put."
It could also derive from the Germanic name Eutha meaning "mankind, child, descendant".
It may also be derived from a short form of Henrietta.
In Yiddish the name is pronounced Yitty - in accordance with Galicia Yiddish pronunciation where the u is pronounced as an i.
Countess Jutta von Sponheim (December 22, 1091–1136) was the youngest of four noblewomen who were born into affluent surroundings in what is currently the Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the daughter of Count Stephen of Spanheim.
She tutored several female pupils from wealthy families and they lived with her in her hermitage. She taught and raised them all, but most notably the child Hildegard of Bingen.
Yitty Neustadt Rebetzin (wife of a rabbi) writer and speaker on orthodox Jewish traditions. A personal story about her is mentioned in several books on birthright and orthodox Jewish thought.
Christian Lindner (born January 7, 1979) is a German politician and former general secretary of the liberal party Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP).
Christian Lindner was born in Wuppertal, Germany. His father Wolfgang Lindner is a teacher of Mathematics and computer science at the Städtische Gymnasium in Wermelskirchen. After graduating from Gymnasium in 1998, he studied political science at the University of Bonn from 1999 to 2006.
Lindner joined the FDP in 1995. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the FDP in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1998 and became Secretary General in 2004 (until February 2010). In 2000, he was elected to the state parliament (Landtag) (until 2009). In 2007 he became also member of the Executive Board of the FDP on federal level. Since 2009 he has served as a member of the German Bundestag. From December 2009 until his surprise resignation in December 2011, he was also general secretary of the FDP on federal level.
Lindner was later chosen to lead the FDP in the 2012 state election of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the election, the FDP received 8.6% of the vote.