Sõmera
Coordinates: 58 ° 19 ' N , 22 ° 15' E
Sõmera (German summer ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Its area is 9.08 km².
The place is 16 kilometers northwest of the island's capital Kuressaare .
history
Somera was first in 1454 under the name Somer documented
Until the end of the 1950s, there was a military airfield used by the Soviet Red Army nearby . Later the military settlement was handed over to the civil health service. From 1961 a sanatorium for patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis was established there. The facility has been used as a home and workshop for disabled people since 1976.
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. 557.
Web links
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Home and workshops for the handicapped in Sõmera
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016
