Kerema (Hiiumaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 54 ' N , 22 ° 57' E
Kerema is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Hiiumaa (until 2017: rural municipality Pühalepa ). It is located on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Kerema has 16 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
Boulder
The landmark of the place is a large boulder . Its circumference is 13.8 m. The vernacular associates the stone with the mythological villain Vanapagan and with the giant Tõll .
graveyard
The Kummistu cemetery ( Kummistu kalmistu ) of the rural municipality of Pühalepa is located in the Kerema area . The cemetery was founded in 1772 by an ukase from the Russian Senate. The oldest surviving tombstone dates from 1851.
A memorial cross in the cemetery commemorates the Baltic German pedagogue Johannes von Sengbusch (1828–1907). His father Alexander von Sengbusch (1796-1883) was pastor of Pühalepa from 1822 to 1877. Alexander von Sengbusch's wife Juliane Wilhelmine von Sengbusch (born von Nolcken; 1802–1875) and their eldest daughter Maria von Sengbusch (1828–1855) are buried in the cemetery.
The last burial in the cemetery took place in 1924.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)