Kolila
Coordinates: 58 ° 52 ' N , 23 ° 36' E
Kolila (German Kollila ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the municipality of Haapsalu (until 2017: rural municipality of Ridala ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has 12 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located seven kilometers southeast of the core city of Haapsalu.
Ridala Church
In the area of the place is the church of Ridala (German Röthel ). The church standing on a field formed the center of the Ridala parish together with the pastorate .
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, which has been Evangelical Lutheran since the Reformation , was built between 1265 and 1270. The builders probably came from Westphalia .
The first written mention of the sandstone building comes from the year 1410. Around 1500 a low, rectangular bell tower was built on the south portal. The two bells date from 1692 and 1806. In the 18th century, massive pillars had to be added to the western corners of the single-nave church.
As in many Saaremaas and Muhus churches, wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries can also be found in Ridala . Some of them were manufactured using Secco technology. The ribs of the eight-part choir vault connect to form a circle.
The baroque pulpit from 1665 with the figures of the four evangelists and Christ comes from the workshop of the master Elert Thiele . The coats of arms on the pulpit remind of their founder Christoffer von Kurselli and his wife, née von Ungern-Sternberg.
The altarpiece is probably a work by the Tallinn woodcarver Berendt Lorentz from 1678. The Baltic German major Heinrich von Kursell donated it to the church in the same year.
The only rood screen in Estonia with the figures of Christ, Mary and Mary Magdalene is a gift from Baron Fabian Ernst von Ungern-Sternbergi and his wife, née von Wrangel.
The organ from 1881 comes from the workshop of Gustav Normann . It has a manual and twelve stops. In 1994 it was extensively renovated.
In the cemetery there are tombstones from the 13th and 14th centuries as well as numerous stone crosses .
About one and a half kilometers from the pastorate was a house of prayer of the Moravian Brethren .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 246
- Mart helmets : Eestimaa kirikute teejuht. Tallinn 2002, ISBN 5-89920-297-1 , p. 43.