Iisaku (village)
Coordinates: 59 ° 6 ' N , 27 ° 18' E
The village of Iisaku ( Estonian Iisaku alevik ) is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia . It was the main town of the rural community of the same name ( Iisaku vald ) until 2017 . Since its dissolution, Iisaku has been in the rural community of Alutaguse .
Description and history
Iisaku (German Isaak ) has 823 inhabitants (as of October 16, 2010). It is 30 km from Jõhvi , the capital of the county. The place name probably comes from the biblical patriarch Isaac .
The village was first mentioned in 1426 under the name Isacke . From 1654 it was the center of the parish of the same name ( Iisaku kihelkond ). The place and its surroundings were culturally and linguistically strong von Woten and from the 17th / 18th centuries. Century shaped by Russian refugees .
At Iisaku there is the 94 m high mountain Tärivere, from which an observation tower offers a wide view of the place and the landscape.
Attractions
Today's church in the village dates from 1846. The church has seats for 500 people. It was redesigned after a fire in 1893/1894.
The 222 year old church bell also fell victim to the fire. The church is home to the only organ made by the Durlach company " H. Voit & Sons " in Estonia. The instrument was built in 1895.
Next to the spacious park is the local cemetery. A memorial stone on it commemorates the victims of the reign of terror in the 20th century.
Numerous crosses have been a reminder of the local Peep family, some since the 17th century, whose members have made it to some degree in Estonia. Best known is the actress and singer Helend Peep (1910–2007), who was born in the neighboring village of Vaikla . The most famous son of the place was the composer and local schoolmaster Robert Theodor Hansen (1849-1912). He is buried in Iisaku.
In August 1983 a museum opened in Iisaku in its current form, which deals with the local history, earlier cultivation methods in agriculture, the history of the local school (historical teachers' room) and the tradition of the local volunteer fire brigade in a permanent exhibition . The museum is housed in the former schoolhouse, which was built in 1914. Temporary exhibitions take place in the old parish hall from 1912 opposite.
Good from Iisaku
1817 Good Iisaku was the manor Kiikla ( Kiekel separated). In 1840 Iisaku became a manor itself.
In 1913 Marie Countess Mussin-Pushkin owned the estate. With the Estonian land reform in 1919, the family lost their property.
literature
- Reet Hiiemäe, Jürgen Beyer: Folklore as a factual report . Estonian Literature Museum, 2001.
- Anti Selart: On the social history of Estonia's eastern border in the Middle Ages . In: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung / Journal of East Central European Studies . tape 47 , no. 4 , 1998, pp. 520-543 .
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
- Iisaku Museum (Estonian, English, Russian)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Iisaku (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haldusjaotus ( Memento of February 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Vaatamisväärsused ( Memento from January 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ajalugu ( Memento of 17 February 2012 at the Internet Archive )
- ^ Thea Karin: Estonia. Cultural and scenic diversity in a historical borderland between east and west. Cologne 1994 (= DuMont art and landscape guide ) ISBN 3-7701-2614-9 , p. 174
- ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=10&CatID=0&ItemID=20
- ↑ 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. 133.