Jamaja
Coordinates: 58 ° 0 ' N , 22 ° 3' E
Jämaja (German Jamma ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community Torgu ) in the Saare district .
Population and history
The place on the west coast of the Sõrve peninsula has 19 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
With its church and pastorate, it used to be the center of a parish that has been documented since 1449.
church
The forerunner of today's Evangelical Lutheran St. Trinity Church in Jämaja was probably built from wood in the 13th century. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1449.
Today's stone building comes from a redesign in 1864 in the style of historicism . A narrow choir adjoins the single-nave nave and a square tower on the west side.
The Renaissance style pulpit was created around 1612. It probably comes from the Laurentius Church in Kuressaare .
graveyard
A memorial cross in the cemetery commemorates the victims of the German transport ship Moero . It was sunk by the Soviet Air Force on the morning of September 22, 1944 during the evacuation of Tallinn . Around half of the almost 1,300 refugees and wounded on board were killed on the Baltic Sea .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 140.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Jämaja Church (English)
- Description of the place (eestigiid.ee)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estonian Statistical Office
- ↑ Ivar Sakk : Eesti kirikud. Teejuht. Tallinn 2014, p. 325.
- ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004, ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 , p. 41.