Kodavere
 
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Kodavere Estonia |
Kodavere (German Koddafer ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian district of Jõgeva . Kodavere administratively belongs to the rural community of Pala . Today the village has 53 inhabitants.
Kodavere is located in the east of the district on Lake Peipus . Until the end of the 19th century, the Kodavere parish , which belonged to Tartu County , was an important administrative unit between the Omedu River in the north and the Emajõgi ( Embach ) in the south.
The single-nave , early classicist St. Michaelis Church of Kodavere ( Püha Mihkli kirik ) was consecrated in 1777. It was built on the site of a medieval wooden church from the 15th century. The cemetery, inaugurated in 1773, is located directly on the banks of Lake Peipus.
Personalities
Kodavere plays a major role in the literary work of Juhan Liiv (1864–1913), who, like his older brother Jakob, attended parish school there. The Estonian poet Anna Haava was born in Kodavere in 1864 . The writer August Kitzberg worked there as a court clerk in 1875/76.
Web links
- Full description (Estonian)
- Former parish Kodavere (German)
- St. Michaelis Church (Estonian)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 58 ° 42 ' N , 27 ° 9' E