Undva
Coordinates: 58 ° 30 ' N , 21 ° 59' E
Undva (German Hundwa ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community of Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community of Kihelkonna ) in the Saare district .
Population, location and history
The village has seven inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is 39 kilometers northwest of the island's capital Kuressaare .
Northwest of the village center is the northern tip of the Tagamõisa peninsula (German Hundsort ) with its steep coast .
Excavations have shown that the place was already settled in the Neolithic .
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 , p. 124.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Description ( eestigiid.ee )