Rooslepa
Coordinates: 59 ° 11 ' N , 23 ° 31' E
Rooslepa (Swedish Roslep ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has 25 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). The Baltic Sea coast stretches west of the village center .
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village belonged to the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until 1944 .
Chapel and cemetery
Rooslepa is best known for its Estonian Swedish chapel from the 1830s. It fell into disrepair after the Second World War , but was rebuilt in 2007 with a bell tower. A whale with an open mouth is depicted on the tip of the weather vane . At the entrance to the chapel there is a historic stone with an autograph of the Swedish Crown Prince Gustav Adolf , who visited Rooslepa in 1932.
The chapel was built on the site of a wooden church from the 17th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1627. The local cemetery was founded at this time. There you will find, among other things, the grave sites for the noble Baltic German family Taube and the final resting place of the Estonian Swedish poet Mats Ekman (Estonian Swedish Ätsue Mats ; 1865-1934).
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Rosslepa Chapel and Cemetery (German)