Lüganuse (village)

Coordinates: 59 ° 23 '  N , 27 ° 2'  E

Lüganuse (village)​

Estonia

The village Lüganuse ( Estonian Lüganuse alevik ) is located in the Ida-Viru district ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia . It is the capital of the rural community of the same name ( Lüganuse vald ).

Description and history

Lüganuse (German: Luggenhusen ) has 480 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2012). The village is located immediately north of the city of Püssi . The river Purtse ( Purtse jõgi ) flows through Lüganuse .

The village was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniæ under the name Lygenus . In the 13th century it was one of the largest villages in the entire Virumaa ( Wierland ) region. Until the 14th century the land belonged to the noble family von Luggenhusen.

church

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lüganuse

Lüganuse used to be the center of a parish ( Lüganuse kihelkond ).

The first church building in Lüganuse probably dates from the middle of the 13th century. It is documented from 1373. The sacred building is dedicated to John the Baptist .

In the 14th century, a fortified church was built on the walls of the old church .

Probably at the beginning of the 15th century the church was extended to two aisles. The round tower , which is rare in church buildings in the Baltic States, is striking. It was added around 1500 and served defensive purposes. The choir and sacristy were added at the same time . The spire is from 1727.

The vaults of the church were badly damaged in the 16th century during the Livonian War . The Northern War at the beginning of the 18th century largely spared the church. The entire interior of the St. John's Church fell victim to the Second World War in 1941.

The late baroque altar rests on a limestone plinth from the 15th century. He originally came from the chapel of Ilumäe . The organ is a work of the South Estonian family of organ builders Kriisa. The church windows date from the 1990s.

The pastor of the parish of Lüganuse was the linguist and literary scholar Otto Wilhelm Masing from 1788 to 1795 , who played a major role in the development of today's written Estonian language .

The chapels of the lords of the German Baltic von Taube family can be found in the Lüganuse cemetery . There are also some historical stone wheel crosses on the graves of Estonian farmers. Some of them date from the 17th century. The Estonian violinist Robert Peenemaa (1903–1949), a child prodigy of his time, is buried in the cemetery.

Memorial to the victims of the war of freedom

In the village there is a monument that commemorates those who died in the Estonian War of Freedom (1918–1920). It was inaugurated three times: in 1924, 1944 and again in 1989. A three-person group of sculptures stands on the six-meter-high base: a soldier, a woman and a child.

Karst area

Around Lüganuse lies the karst area of Uhaku ( Uhaku karstiala ) with numerous smaller caves.

Sons and daughters

• Andi Meister (* 1938), engineer and politician
• Maarja Pärtna (* 1986), poet and translator

Web links

• Description and history (Estonian)
• St. John's Church of Lüganuse (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=10&CatID=0&ItemID=1695
3. ↑ 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. 323.
4. ↑ In Estonia only the town church of Narva (destroyed) and the church of Harju-Risti
5. ^ 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. 139
6. ↑ http://www.teelistekirikud.ekn.ee/2012/kirik.php?id=262&mk=Ida-Virumaa
7. ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 186
8. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=42&CatID=0&ItemID=1696