Pühalepa
Coordinates: 58 ° 53 ' N , 22 ° 57' E
The village of Pühalepa ( Estonian Pühalepa küla ) is located in the rural community Hiiumaa on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ). Until 2017 it was the capital of a rural community of the same name , which then merged with three other rural communities to form the new rural community Hiiumaa.
description
Pühalepa (German Pühhalep ) is located 18 kilometers southeast of the island's capital Kärdla ( Kertel ). The village has 14 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
The name of the place possibly means "holy alder " ( püha lepp ), which suggests a pre-Christian place of worship of the Estonians .
Church of Pühalepa
The Sankt Laurentius Church of Pühalepa is probably the oldest building on the island. The original church building was erected in the Gothic style around the middle of the 13th century . The model was church buildings from Gotland , which were also used for defense purposes. The single-nave church with its white walls is similar to the Sankt Katharinen Church in Muhu , which was built around the same time. Perhaps both churches had the same builder.
The Livonian War severely affected the Church. It was rebuilt around 1600. The current appearance of the Evangelical Lutheran church comes from the renovation work that was carried out between 1860 and 1863. The wall paintings in the choir closure from the 13th / 14th centuries were also shown. Uncovered century. The church tower was given its current shape in 1874, based on the low tower from 1770.
With the Soviet occupation of Estonia, church services were banned. It became a warehouse and then stood empty. It was only restored to its original function when Estonian independence was regained. The new church consecration took place in 1993 after extensive renovation work.
The stone pulpit in baroque style is particularly worth seeing inside . It was created in 1636 by the stonemason Joachim Winter from Haapsalu , who worked in Estonia and Sweden. It is the only stone pulpit preserved in Estonia.
Maltese crosses can be seen on the walls of the church . They emphasize that the noble Baltic German family Ungern-Sternberg belongs to the Order of Malta .
The church's carved altar , which was likely created between 1460 and 1470, is now in the Estonian Art Museum in Tallinn . He is often assigned to the Tallinn master Clawes van der Sittow . Next to the altar is a tombstone depicting the Swedish admiral of Scottish descent Lawrence Clayton with his wife. Clayton died in 1603 and was buried in Pühalepa.
The cemetery by the church is bordered with old stones. There are numerous wheel crosses on it , the only ones on Muhu. Next to the church is the late baroque cemetery and grave chapel of the village. There is the sarcophagus of Countess Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie (1704–1776), one of the largest landowners in Hiiumaa in the 18th century.
Stones from Pühalepa
The stones from Pühalepa are known three times: “Two stones are connected with the building of the church: one is located directly in front of the gate and is supposed to be its foundation stone. This stone, drawn by two oxen, got stuck on the holy alder tree, which determined the place for the church and also its name: Pühalepa, holy alder. 200 m north of the church you can see the other stone with which the angry devil is said to have thrown at the finished church. Another hundred paces further are the stones of the bargain , which were laid by sailors for a happy homecoming, at least according to one version of the legend. "
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Pühalepa Church (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 22, 2018 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. 12
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 6, 2012 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.
- ^ 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. 331f.
