Kärla (Saaremaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 20 ' N , 22 ° 15' E
Kärla (German Kergel ) is a village ( Estonian alevik ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population, location, infrastructure
The place is located 20 kilometers northwest of the island's capital Kuressaare on the river of the same name , the Kärla jõgi .
The village has 829 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Around four hundred of them are residents of the two nursing homes in Sõmera and Kogula , which are administratively located in the Kärla area.
In Kärla there is a primary school founded in 1824, a library and Volkshaus and a music school.
Churches
At the beginning of the 14th century, the independent parish of Kärla (Kergel) was separated from the parish of Kaarma (Karmel) . In the Middle Ages, a nunnery is said to have existed in the area.
The St. Marien Magdalenen Church was built from stone in 1313. In 1556 the church was badly damaged by a large fire. The remains were removed in 1842 due to the risk of collapse. The free-standing bell tower built in 1614 was initially preserved. It was destroyed by the Red Army in the summer of 1941 .
In 1843 the new, single-aisle Evangelical Lutheran church was inaugurated in the classicism style . The plans came from the architect Heinrich Löwener. Later the sacred building was supplemented by a square neo-Gothic tower . The two bells date from 1705 and 1794.
The interior decoration includes valuable works from the Renaissance . This includes the epitaph of the lord of Paadla , Otto von Buxhoeveden, who died in 1575 . It probably dates from 1591 and is attributed to the carver Tönnies Evers (d. J.) who worked in Lübeck . In 1637 the epitaph was renovated by Balthasar Raschki. It depicts the mourning Virgin Mary , Mary Magdalene and the apostle John .
A 4.4 hectare park adjoins the church.
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 , pp. 214f.
Web links
- Description on eestigiid.ee
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016
