Pihla
Coordinates: 58 ° 59 ' N , 22 ° 31' E
Pihla is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural municipality Hiiu , before that rural municipality Kõrgessaare ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
Pihla has 14 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). The place is 13 km southwest of the island's capital Kärdla ( Kertel )
The 18 km long Pihla stream ( Pihla oja ) flows near the village . It rises in the moor of Pihla ( Pihla raba ) and flows into the Baltic Sea bay Reigi ( Reigi laht ).
Church and Pastorate
The Evangelical Lutheran Jesus Church of Reigi with its historic cemetery belongs to the present village area of Pihla . The original church was built before 1626. In 1690 a new wooden church was built. It was used by the Swedish-speaking community of Reigi. Since the deportation of almost all Estonian Swedes Hiiumaas to the Ukraine in 1781, the community has been exclusively Estonian-speaking.
The present church building was built between 1799 and 1802 by the Baltic German nobleman Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg (1744–1811). It was redesigned in 1899.
Nearby is the listed pastorate . In 1882 the local pastor Immanuel Rinne (1854-1914) founded Hiiumaa's first public library there.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)