Sõru

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Coordinates: 58 ° 42 '  N , 22 ° 30'  E

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Sõru (German Serro ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (until 2017: rural municipality Emmaste ). It is located on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ), directly on the Baltic coast .

Description and history

Today Sõru has 10 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is 6.5 kilometers west of the village of Emmaste .

The village was first mentioned in 1453 under the name Zorvell . In 1565 she is recorded as Sorroe .

The Sõru Chapel was well known . The first church was built on the bank before the 16th century. The second church was built in the 1690s by the Dutch boat builder and entrepreneur Erasmus Jacobsson Bloedysel. It fell into disrepair in the middle of the 19th century. The church in Emmaste was built in its place in 1867. Since then, the Sõru cemetery has not been used either.

Sõru port

Shortly before the outbreak of World War I , the shallow water port of Sõru ( Sõru sadam ) was built. It is actually located in the neighboring village of Pärna .

Since 1996 there has been a regular ferry service from the port of Sõru to the port of Triigi on the island of Saaremaa . Sõru is also used as a marina.

There is space for up to 35 visitor ships on the inner quay of the port. Ships with a length of up to 40 m and a draft of up to 3 m can dock in Sõru. Two lighthouses point the way to the harbor.

During the Second World War, Sõru suffered from its strategically important location on the Baltic coast. In nearby Tohvri , the Red Army built military installations for coastal defense. Many families from Sõru had to vacate their homes and find new homes.

Sõru Museum

The Museum of Sõru, opened in 1999, presents the history of the place and the region, in particular shipping on the Baltic Sea.

The most important exhibit is the museum ship "Alar". The wooden motor sailboat was built in Õngu from 1937 to 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II . It came to Hamburg with the retreating German Wehrmacht . It changed its flag state several times. It was found in Denmark by one of its former owners, Arnold Türi, and brought it back to Sõru in 1998. Today the ship is called " Ernst Jaakson ".

photos

  • Upper lighthouse

  • Lower lighthouse

  • Sõru Museum

  • Museum ship "Alar"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
  2. ↑ http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/sõru
  3. ↑ 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. 547.
  4. ↑ http://www.hiiumaa.ee/tuletorn/german.php?id=13
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 2, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visitestonia.com
  6. ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 22