Telise
Coordinates: 59 ° 10 ' N , 23 ° 32' E
Telise (Swedish Tällnäs ) 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 only four inhabitants today (as of December 31, 2011).
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village belonged to the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until 1944 .
Sea mark
The two beacons on the Telise peninsula ( Telise neem ) are unique in Estonia . They were built from local stones in 1910. The constructions are 11.9 m and 7 m high. Their distance is 416 meters.
Both beacons are under monument protection; today they have lost their importance for shipping on the Baltic Sea .