Sigala (Hiiumaa)
Coordinates: 59 ° 1 ' N , 22 ° 32' E
Sigala is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural municipality Hiiu , before that rural municipality Kõrgessaare ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
Sigala has thirteen residents (as of December 31, 2011). The village is thirteen kilometers west of the island's capital, Kärdla .
To the north of the village is the 13.8 hectare lake Allikalaht , to the east of the ten hectare lake Haavasoo järv . To the west of the village are the two lakes Venelaht (4.1 hectares) and Väike Venelaht (2 hectares).
The village was first mentioned in 1565 under the name Siekla . There lived mainly Swedish-born inhabitants of Hiiumaa. Almost all Swedish-speaking families in 1781 for alleged insubordination by order of the Russian Empress Catherine II. In the Ukraine deported where they 1782 the colony Gammalsvenskby founded. Many died on the journey to the place of exile.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)