Sutlepa
Coordinates: 59 ° 3 ' N , 23 ° 36' E
Sutlepa (Swedish Sutlep ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ). It is located in Lääne County in western Estonia .
The village has 107 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located 13 km northeast of Haapsalu .
history
Sutlepa was first mentioned in 1507 as Sutloppe . The place belongs to the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes . Most of them moved to Sweden in the course of World War II .
The large boulders around the village are particularly worth seeing . The largest of them, the Ristikivi , has a height of 3.6 meters and a circumference of 29 meters.
There is now a wooden windmill in the center of Sutlepa. It was built in 2003 according to plans from the 19th century. At that time there were over a hundred such mills in the Noarootsi parish , none of which have survived in their original form.
church
The historic chapel of Sutlepa dates from 1627. It is one of the oldest preserved wooden sacred buildings in present-day Estonia. In 1834 the building was redesigned. The Protestant church has 150 seats.
In the 1970s, the building was transferred to the folklore open-air museum of the Estonian capital Tallinn , where it is now one of the main attractions.
literature
- 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. 570.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)