Rälby
Coordinates: 59 ° 1 ' N , 23 ° 17' E
Rälby (German Rälbi , Estonian Swedish Rälbe ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Vormsi ( Vormsi vald ) in Lääne County . The place is in the northeast of the fourth largest Estonian island Vormsi (German Worms , Swedish Ormsö ).
Population and history
Rälby has 19 inhabitants today (as of December 31, 2011). Until the Second World War, the village, like all Vormsis villages, was mostly populated by Estonian Swedes .
The place was first mentioned in 1526 under the name Reuelbue . In 1613 it is recorded as Rewalby and in 1798 as Röhlby .
Attractions
A prayer house of the Baptist congregation has been located in Rälby since 1905 . The movement goes back to the Swedish missionary Lars Johan Österblom, who worked on the island of Vormsi from 1873.
To the west of the village center there is a historic windmill that is open to visitors.
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 . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 481.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 26, 2013 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.
