Mustjala
Coordinates: 58 ° 28 ' N , 22 ° 14' E
Mustjala (German Mustel or Mustelhof ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Saaremaa in the Saare district on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . Until 2017, it was the capital of a rural community of the same name .
description
The village has 267 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located 27 kilometers northwest of the island's capital Kuressaare . A primary school founded in 1823, a library and a people's house are located here.
Mustjala Festival
The place is known by culture lovers for the Mustjala Festival, which has been taking place regularly since 1995 . Every year the place invites well-known musicians from Estonia and other countries for a week in July to classical music and jazz in untouched nature and in local churches.
Evangelical Lutheran Church
The landmark of the place is the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Anne. Since 1646 the place with its pastorate was the center of its own parish .
The construction of a chapel began in 1605. It was named after Anna Schestädt, the wife of the then Danish Vice-Governor of the island and founder of the chapel, Claus Maltesen Sehestädt. In 1794 the church was enlarged.
The current church was built from 1861 to 1863 on the site of the previous building according to plans by the Petersburg architect David Grimm (1823–1898). She was born on October 27th . / November 8th 1863 greg. consecrated. Parts of the project remained unfinished due to a lack of funds.
The tower was also a nautical mark for fishermen and captains on the Baltic Sea . The single-storey nave combines elements of the Romanesque and Gothic styles . The altar and pulpit are designed in a neo-Gothic style . In 1899 a gallery was added to the interior . The altar painting "Christ on the Cross" from 1938 is by the Estonian artist Rudolf Sepp (1902–1980).
The organ from 1903 is the work of organ builder Gustav Terkmann (1850–1924). The mechanical action has eight registers . The organ was extensively renovated in 1997.
Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church of Prophet Elias is the only church in Estonia named after Elijah . Today it is subordinate to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAÕK).
The first conversions of local peasants from Protestantism to Orthodoxy occurred in the 1840s. An Orthodox parish has existed in Mustjala since 1848. The current church was built in 1873. An Orthodox parish school was attached to the church until 1917.
The plan of the Church of the Prophet Elias is cruciform. Four corner towers rise next to the central dome. Architect of the type project in was Hamburg -born and in Riga active Heinrich Scheel (1829-1909).
people
- Berthold Masing (1849–1911), b. in Mustel, German shipbuilding engineer and shipyard manager
- Otto Berend von Möller (1764–1848), b. in Mustel, Russian admiral and Minister of the Navy
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , pp. 370–371
- Leonhard von Stryk : Contributions to the history of the manors Livonia. Part one: The Estonian District . C. Mattiesen, Dorpat 1877, pp. 205-206
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Description ( eestigiid.ee )
- Mustjala Festival (Estonian and English)
- Mustjala Orthodox Church