Malvaste
Coordinates: 59 ° 1 ′ N , 22 ° 36 ′ E
Malvaste is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural municipality Hiiu , before that rural municipality Kõrgessaare ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
description
Malvaste (German painting vest ) has only 3 inhabitants today (as of December 31, 2011).
The place is located on the northernmost peninsula Hiiumaas, Tahkuna ( Tahkuna poolsaar ). It is located twelve kilometers west of the island's capital Kärdla ( Kertel ). Malvaste is one kilometer from the Baltic Sea with its sandy beaches.
Orthodox chapel
The wooden Orthodox chapel with its bell tower, built in 1906, is worth seeing . It is dedicated to the prophet Elijah . The single-aisle church is thatched . The historic Malvaste forest cemetery is in the immediate vicinity.
Mihkli Farm Museum
In the Malvaste area is the Mihkli Farm Museum ( Mihkli talumuuseum ). It opened in 1998. The homestead with a total of eight buildings dates from the middle of the 19th century. It is now a branch of the Hiiumaa Museum.
In Mihkli the traditional way of life and work as well as the peasant architecture of Northern Estonia are presented. You can see residential buildings, storage houses, barns, cellars and a smoke sauna from 1915.
Web links
- Description (Estonian)
- Hiiumaa Museum
- Malvaste Guest House and Campsite (Estonian)
- Malvaste Orthodox Chapel (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 30, 2013 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.
- ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 17
