Kõrkküla
Coordinates: 58 ° 16 ' N , 22 ° 16' E
Kõrkküla (German Korküll ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 124 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016).
Kõrkküla is twelve kilometers west of the island's capital Kuressaare on Lake Paadla laht (Padelscher Inland Lake). It was first mentioned in a document in 1570.
Until the beginning of the 18th century there was a poor house and a hospital with a chapel in the village .
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. XXX.
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
