Pühajõe
Coordinates: 59 ° 25 ' N , 27 ° 32' E
Pühajõe is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Toila ( Toila vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
Description and history
The village has 172 inhabitants (as of September 19, 2012). It is located directly on the Estonian Baltic coast.
The 28-kilometer-long Pühajõgi River (in English "Holy River") flows through the village and flows into the Gulf of Finland to the northwest of Pühajõe . The village got its name from the river.
The place was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniae .
In mid-November 1700, one of the first battles between Swedish and Russian troops took place at Pühajõe during the beginning of the Northern War . The Swedish soldiers defeated it under the leadership of King Charles XII. the Russian troops.
The historic farm of Kohvimäe is now a listed building. The thatched main house and the granary were built in the 1870s.
church
The first church in Pühajõe was built from wood in 1467. It is no longer preserved.
From 1654 to 1744 Pühajõe was a separate parish, after which it was affiliated to the parish in Jõhvi . There was a school by the church that existed until 1836. Two stone crosses from the 17th century have been preserved nearby .
In 1836 the foundation stone for a new church was laid not far from the old church building. It was completed two years later. The consecration took place in 1839. The bell dates from 1878.
During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the church stood empty from 1968 and fell into disrepair. With the recovery of Estonian independence looming, the Evangelical Lutheran Church was renovated and returned to its original purpose.
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ÜLDINFO Elanikud (rahvastik) ( Memento from September 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=10&CatID=0&ItemID=75
