Osmotic hairs
Coordinates: 59 ° 18 ' N , 23 ° 23' E
Osmussaare (Swedish Odensholm , German Odinsholm ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia . It includes all houses on the Baltic island of Osmussaar, which belongs to Estonia .
Population and location
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village was part of the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until 1940 .
Six residents of Estonian origin still live on Osmussaar today (as of December 31, 2011). They live mainly from sheep breeding.
Chapel and cemetery
The Jesus Chapel in the southern part of the island was first mentioned in 1627. It was built for seafarers. Today's stone church dates from 1766. It has eighty seats. During and after the Second World War the chapel fell into disrepair. From 2006 to 2012 the building with its high tower was extensively renovated.
A plaque on the wall of the chapel commemorates the seven Estonian Swedish families who were expelled from the island by the Red Army on June 12, 1940 .
In 1852, a portrait of the biblical Martin Luther was attached to the fence around the chapel . It comes from a sunken British ship.
The island's cemetery is in the northeast of the island. There are two oaks next to each other. They are popularly called Adam and Eve.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 401.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ http://www.eelk.ee/noarootsi/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ 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. 302
