Upa (Saaremaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 17 ' N , 22 ° 33' E
Upa (German Uppel ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
description
The village has 128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Its area is 5.02 km².
The place is six kilometers northeast of the island's capital Kuressaare . It was first mentioned in a document in 1453. In the 1740s the Moravian Movement began in Upa through the two Estonians Jüri and Tiinu Upa on Saaremaa.
Today there is a branch of the Kuressaare Vocational School in Upa. The building was completed in 1992.
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. 622.
Web links
- Description ( eestigiid.ee )
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Tourism in Upa (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016