Kaarma kirikuküla
Coordinates: 58 ° 21 ' N , 22 ° 31' E
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Kaarma-Kirikuküla (German Karmel ) 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 30 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). It is located on the Põduste River (Põduste jõgi) , fifteen kilometers from the island's capital, Kuressaare . The area is 2.79 square kilometers.
church
The originally single-nave Peter and Paul Church was probably built as a fortified church in the second half of the 13th century . The church tower was added around 1470, probably the first on Saaremaa Island. In the 15th century, the church was expanded into a two-aisled church after the vaults collapsed. The triple window on the east wall is a special feature, one of the favorite motifs of Cistercian architecture.
The wall paintings, the stone sculptures, the baptismal font and some of the polychrome wooden figures also date from the 13th to 15th centuries :
- “In the interior you can see the patron saints of the church, Peter and Paul , depicted on the central pillar ; at the base a symbolic hunting scene in which the good still fights against the bad. On the western pillar, on the other hand, the holy doves are already carrying the ›Pure Heart‹ into the paradise symbolized by vines. "
The (older) altar is a gift from the landlord Berent von Berg in 1547. The pulpit from 1645 is the work of the master Jakob Jakobson. Next to the west portal is possibly the oldest text in Estonian . The inscription refers to the year 1407, but is likely to be younger.
The painting of the new altar from 1884 in neo -Gothic style is the work of the Baltic German artist Otto Friedrich Theodor Möller (1812–1874). The organ is the work of the Kriisa brothers, a well-known Estonian family of organ builders.
Pastorate
The pastorate got its present appearance during the 18th century. During renovation work, parts of the wall from the 13th century were exposed there.
The sexton's house has also been preserved . It was built in 1863 and also used as a village school.
graveyard
The town's cemetery was founded in 1820. It's about a kilometer from the church. There is also the crypt of the noble Baltic German family Nolcken .
Prehistoric castle
Kaarma-Kirikuküla was a castle of pagan Estonia during the Middle Ages. It had the external dimensions of 140 by 120 meters. The castle was surrounded by a ring wall up to five meters high. The level inner courtyard had an area of about 4800 square meters.
According to the Older Livonian Rhyming Chronicle, the Estonian troops gathered at Hag Carmele in the winter of 1261 to march against the Christian conquerors of Saaremaas. The uprising was bloodily suppressed.
Personalities
The two brothers Rudolf (1851–1913) and Oskar Kallas (1896–1946) were born in Kaarma-Kirikuküla . While Rudolf Kallas opted for a theological career, his younger brother Oskar served as a diplomat after the independence of the Republic of Estonia.
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. 186f.
Web links
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
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
- ^ 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. 318
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti kirikud. Teejuht. Tallinn 2014, p. 326ff.
