Hellamaa (Muhu)

Coordinates: 58 ° 37 '  N , 23 ° 18'  E

Hellamaa​

Estonia

Orthodox Church

Main entrance to the cemetery

Hellamaa (German Hellama ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the third largest Estonian island of Muhu . It belongs to the rural community of the same name ( Muhu vald ) in the Saare district ( Saare maakond ).

description

The place is in the east of the island. It has 115 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

Hellemaa offers the opportunity for riding holidays on the farm.

Orthodox Church

One of the two Orthodox churches on Muhu is located in Hellamaa. It reports to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAÕK).

The Peter and Paul Church was built in 1866. In its simple style, it is strongly reminiscent of the construction of Lutheran churches. The project by the architect A. Edelson is a copy of the Ļaudona Orthodox Church built two years earlier . The same places of worship were also built in Lelle and Vändra .

In the church a plaque commemorates the clergyman Hermann Aav (1878–1961). He was born in Hellamaa and was Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Finland from 1925 to 1960 .

A few meters from the church is the village cemetery on the edge of the forest.

Sons and daughters of the place

The Estonian composer and saxophonist Villu Veski was born in Hellamaa in 1962 .

literature

• Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Köln / Wien 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 111.

Web links

Commons : Hellamaa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description and history of the place ( eestigiid.ee )
• Tihuse Riding School (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Estonian Statistical Office
2. ↑ http://www.teelistekirikud.ekn.ee/2014/kirik.php?id=571
3. ↑ Ivar Sakk : Eesti kirikud. Teejuht. Tallinn 2014, p. 324