Heltermaa

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Coordinates: 58 ° 52 '  N , 23 ° 3'  E

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Heltermaa (German Helterma ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural community Hiiumaa (until 2017: rural community Pühalepa ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa ( Dagö ). It is located directly on the Baltic Sea , approx. 25 kilometers southeast of the island's capital Kärdla ( Kertel ). Heltermaa has 40 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

history

Heltermaa was first mentioned as a homestead in 1620 under the name Heltermecky . The place gained importance as the shortest connection route between the island of Hiiumaa and the Estonian mainland. In spring, summer and autumn, the route was covered with special sailing boats; in winter, the frozen Baltic Sea was crossed on foot or on horseback.

Heltermaa harbor

The important ferry port Hiiumaas is located in Heltermaa. It was founded in 1860 on the initiative of the local Baltic German landowners. In the 1870s the steamship Progress maintained a regular ferry service between Haapsalu ( Hapsal ) and Heltermaa.

Today passenger and car ferries run regularly from Heltermaa to the port of Rohuküla ( Rohho ) on the mainland. In 1996 a new port terminal and a hotel were inaugurated. In 1998 the seabed between Heltermaa and the mainland was deepened and the new Ofelia ferry was put into operation. A year later the new yacht harbor was also completed.

A statue by the Estonian sculptor Aulin Rimm (1930–1999) has been standing at sea near the port since 2000 .

  • Port building

  • View from the port building towards the quay

  • View from the sea to the port

  • Illuminated sign systems

  • View of the harbor

Web links

Commons : Port of Heltermaa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 113.
  2. ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 10