Kuumi
Coordinates: 58 ° 23 ' N , 22 ° 12' E
Kuumi is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community of Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community of Kihelkonna ) in the Saare district .
Population
The village has eight residents (as of December 31, 2011).
Karujärv
East of Kuumi is the popular bathing lake Karujärv (in German "Bear Lake") with its six islands, including Linderahu . It is 3.3 square kilometers. Its greatest depth is 6 meters.
The following legend is related to the lake and its name:
- According to legend, seven bears fought here until their grandfather, the highest celestial power in Estonian mythology , let so much water fall from the sky that the fight had to be ended and a lake was created at this point. Its seven bays are still reminiscent of the bears who got wet and ran away in a different direction.
Web links
- Description ( eestigiid.ee )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estonian Statistical Office
- ↑ Eesti Entsüklopeedia ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Thea Karin: Estonia. Cultural and scenic diversity in a historical borderland between east and west. Cologne 1994 (= DuMont art and landscape guide ) ISBN 3-7701-2614-9 , p. 323
