Kaigutsi
Coordinates: 58 ° 50 ' N , 22 ° 41' E
Kaigutsi is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (until 2017: rural municipality Käina ). It is located on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
Kaigutsi (German Kaukutse ) has 41 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
In 1591 the place was mentioned as Kaickotz , in 1796 it is recorded as Kaigust , in 1931 it was called Kaikaotsa .
Kaarel Tischler-Ulpus
The most famous son of the place is the Estonian joke teller Kaarel Tischler-Ulpus (1862–1939). He lived on the Hansu talu farm belonging to Kaigutsi . His father-in-law was Miku Tooma, whose farm Miku talu Tischler-Ulpus later took over.
Known as "Miku-Kaarel", the joker made a name for himself throughout Estonia with his ironic puns and sharp-tongued humor. Since 2008 a wooden memorial in Kaigutsi commemorates the humorist
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Järvi Lipasti: “ Hiidenmaan huumori yes Miku Kaarel. "In: Elo 5/2011 (Finnish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ http://tng.tln.edu.ee/Eesti%20kultuurilugu/Hiiumaa.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
