Matjama
Coordinates: 58 ° 31 ' N , 26 ° 56' E
Matjama is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural community Peipsiääre (until 2017 Vara ) in Tartu County . It has 49 inhabitants (as of 2009).
Location and history
Matjama developed as a street village on both sides of the country road. Between forest and moor, the place blends into nature on an agriculturally usable moraine landscape .
In 1883 the Matjama village library was established, one of the oldest in the Tartu area.
The Estonian theologian and orientalist Arthur Võõbus (1909–1988) was born in Matjama .
Birgitten Church
The narrow stone church in Matjama was built in 1855. A wooden bell tower is attached to it. The oldest of the three bells was cast in Stockholm in 1736 .
The church was built in place of a previous wooden building. The church consecrated to St. Birgitta , whose first documented information dates from the 17th century, had previously burned down.
A plaque inaugurated in 1925 commemorates those who died in the Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920).
The old cemetery of the village is by the church. The last burial took place in the 18th century. A 24 m high oak grows in the cemetery.
Web links
- Full description (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=10&CatID=0&ItemID=100
- ↑ http://www.visittartu.com/1006?set_lang_id=1 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
