Kärsa

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Coordinates: 58 ° 11 '  N , 27 ° 5'  E

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Karsa Church
Old tavern

Kärsa (German Kersa ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in southeast Estonia . It belongs to the Põlva Municipality (until 2017 Ahja ) in the Põlva County .

Population, location and history

The village has 110 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located 30 kilometers southeast of the second largest Estonian city of Tartu .

Kärsa was first mentioned in 1582 under the name Kiersakulla . A chapel still existed on site in 1680. After that, its traces are lost.

Around the same time, a mill was built in the Sulbi district, which is still preserved today.

Nativity Church

The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Kärsa is located two kilometers southeast of the village center in the Popsikurmu district on the Ahja river .

It was built in 1878 as an Orthodox church in the Russian style. The church had stood empty since the 1960s and was becoming increasingly dilapidated. In 1989/1990 it was acquired by the Methodists and then extensively renovated.

The contemporary altar paintings show scenes from the Revelation of John , including the oil painting "Tree of Life". The works are by the Swedish painter Dolf Mayern .

Tavern

The tavern with its outbuildings on the country road dates from the second half of the 19th century. With a length of 46 meters, the inn is one of the largest of its kind in Estonia.

literature

Web links

Commons : Historical taverns  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estonian Statistics Office , accessed on November 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti kirikud. Teejuht. Tallinn 2014, p. 256
  3. ↑ EMK Methodist Church in Kärsa on visitestonia.com