Reeküla
Coordinates: 58 ° 23 ' N , 22 ° 41' E
Reeküla (German Reeküll ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community Pihtla ) in the Saare district .
Population, location and history
The village has 25 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is nineteen kilometers northeast of the island's capital Kuressaare .
The village was first mentioned in 1560 under the name Ricko .
Prayer house
In the village there is a prayer house of the Estonian Methodist Church ( Eesti Metodisti Kirik ). The wooden Methodist church was consecrated in October 1935.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 493.