Dirhami
Coordinates: 59 ° 12 ' N , 23 ° 30' E
Dirhami (Swedish Derhamn ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
location
The place has fourteen inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). The place with its small Baltic Sea port is located on the northwestern tip of the rural community of Noarootsi. The headland of Põõsaspea neem extends northeast of the village .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1540 under the name Rozlep . At first it was settled by Estonians , later the majority of the inhabitants were Swedish-speaking. The place name is now officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village was part of the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until 1944 .
Until 1977 the place was administratively part of the southern village of Rooslepa . The current name is derived from port: diger means "large", hamn "port".
port
In the 1970s, a large fishing kolkhoz was established in Dirhami . The port now serves as a fishing, trading and yachting port. It is usually ice-free even in winter. The island of Osmussaar is regularly called from the port .
In Dirhami there is a meteorological and a hydrological measuring station.
Personalities
- Andrus Kasemaa (* 1984), poet
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Description (Estonian)
- Hafen (German)