Tornimäe
Coordinates: 58 ° 30 ' N , 23 ° 7' E
Tornimäe (German Tornimäggi ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Saaremaa in the Saare district on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa . Tornimäe was the main town in the rural community of Pöide until 2017 .
description
The village has 69 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is about two kilometers from the Baltic Sea coast.
The place houses a library, a kindergarten and a people's house . Tornimäe Primary School was founded in 1854 as a parish school.
Prehistoric settlement
Archaeologists have proven a fortified settlement from pre-Christian times near Tornimäe. It probably served to protect the winter routes to mainland Estonia. The earliest finds date from the 7th or 8th century AD.
Orthodox Church
The local Orthodox parish was established in the 1840s. Today it is subordinate to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik) .
The “ Virgin Mary Protection Church ” of Tornimäe (Neitsi Maarja Kaitsmise kirik) was built in 1873 on a hill in the center of the village. It was executed according to a widespread type project by the Riga architect Georg Schell . Its five domes symbolize Christ and the four evangelists . The high bell tower attached to the facade is unusual.
In 1944 the church was badly damaged by the fighting of the Second World War , but was then rebuilt by the parish.
The iconostasis dates from the 19th century. The focus is primarily on the representation of the scene to which the name of the church refers: Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Archangels Michael and Gabriel rush to the aid of the city of Constantinople , which was besieged by Muslims in the 10th century , whereupon the enemies each other without bloodshed withdraw.
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 , pp. 604f.
Web links
- Orthodox parish
- Tornimäe Primary School
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estonian Statistical Office
- ↑ eestigiid.ee
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti kirikud. Teejuht. Tallinn 2014, p. 352