Kesselaid
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 38 '4 " N , 23 ° 25' 57" E | |
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| length | 1.9 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 1.7 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 15.6 m | |
| Residents | 7th 4.1 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Cheeky | |
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Kesselaid (German Schildau , Swedish Skjöldö ) is an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea . Administratively it belongs to the rural community of Muhu in the Saare district .
location
Kesselaid is located between the Estonian island of Muhu (distance 3.4 km) and the mainland (distance 4 km) in the Suur väin ( Great Sound ).
The sea between Muhu and Kesselaid is up to 22 m deep. The island has an area of 1.7 km². The highest point is 15.6 m above sea level. The 7–8 m high cliffs of Kesselaid have been under nature protection since 1938.
history
Kesselaid was uninhabited in 1458. The island was u. a. Mentioned in 1644 in the famous Swedish shipping book Een siöbook som innehåller om siöfarten i Östersiön by Johan Månsson. The island was probably settled by a family of farmers from the 16th century.
In 1807 Kesselaid was sold to the Baltic German nobleman Jacob Friedrich von Helwig, who had a manor house built in the south, which is now in ruins. The property later fell to the von Wahl adH Assick family, who owned it until it was expropriated by the Estonian state in 1919. At the end of the 1930s, 35 people were still living permanently on the island. There are currently seven people living in the village of Kesse .
Flora and fauna
Today, in summer, Kesselaid is partly used as pastureland for cattle and goats , and partly as a destination for nature tourists. 16 species of orchids have been counted on the island . Wild boars and moose sometimes swim to Kesselaid from the island of Muhu .
lighthouse
A lighthouse was first built on Kesselaid in 1885. The current fully automatic system dates from 1994.
Picture gallery
Kesselaid from a distance
coast
Cliff
Kesselaiul Spit
Remains of the manor house built on the island in 1807
Cattle on the island
literature
- Artur Luha: Kesselaid. Tallinn 1940
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 540.
