Lehtma
Coordinates: 59 ° 4 ' N , 22 ° 42' E
Lehtma (German Omedo ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural community Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural community Hiiu , before that rural community Kõrgessaare ) on the tip of the Tahkuna peninsula in the extreme northeast of the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
In 2000 Lehtma only had two permanent residents. The sandy beaches at Lehtma are popular with bathers in summer. There is a 3.5 hectare lake, Lehtma Suurjärv, near the settlement .
The place is best known for its small port on the Baltic Sea, which now has ten berths.
The port was built in the First World War and connected to Tahkuna by a narrow-gauge railway. It was used to transport heavy artillery in the course of the expansion of the sea fortress of Emperor Peter the Great . Only one dam remains from the previous railway system.
In the 1970s, the Soviet authorities planned a base in Lehtma for their overseas fishing vessels.
Web links
- Full description (Estonian)
- Sandy beaches of Lehtma (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ visit estonia: The port of Lehtma . Accessed May 24, 2017