Viru-Jaagupi
Coordinates: 59 ° 15 ' N , 26 ° 28' E
Viru-Jaagupi (German St. Jakobi ) is a village ( Estonian alevik ) in the Estonian rural community Vinni ( Finn ) in the Lääne-Viru district ( West-Wierland ). It is 11 kilometers southeast of Rakvere ( Wesenberg ). The village has 426 inhabitants (as of 2008).
Description and history
The place is on the Pandivere ridge . In the rural region, fields alternate with forests. Popular excursion destinations are the lakes Kantküla Mustjärv (5.3 hectares) and Udujärv (2.4 hectares), on the east bank of which there is a famous sauna .
Viru-Jaagupi formed the center of the historic parish Viru-Jaagupi ( Viru-Jaagupi kihelkond ). It was founded around 1220, shortly after the Christianization of Livonia and Estonia. The parish was initially called Kehala, before the name Jaagupi / Sankt-Jakobi (after the eponymous Apostle James ) prevailed. A church building is documented for the year 1345.
The stone church of Viru-Jaagupi was built in its current location in the second quarter of the 15th century with the support of the Bailiff von Wesenberg . It was first mentioned in a document in 1453. It is dedicated to the Apostle James. The church building was destroyed in the Livonian War and rebuilt in 1667. In 1703 it was devastated in the Northern War between Sweden and Russia , with the church interior being burned. Three yokes in the nave and the choir room have been preserved from medieval times.
In 1877/78 the church was rebuilt in the late Gothic style and given a new 48 m high west tower. The organ was installed in 1893 . It comes from the German-Estonian organ builder Gustav Normann (1821-1893)
From 1697 to 1710 Christian Kelch (1657–1710) was pastor in Sankt-Jakobi. He was best known for his two chronicles, Liefländische Historia and Continuation . The current pastorate building was built in 1756 after the previous building burned down.
graveyard
Famous personalities from Estonian history are buried in the Viru-Jaagupi cemetery, including the Baltic German explorer Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870).
museum
The local museum is now housed in the three-story former schoolhouse (1908–2001). In the courtyard there is a memorial stone for the two artist brothers Kristjan (1865–1943) and Paul Raud (1865–1930).
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. 138.
Web links
- Full description (Estonian)
- Viru-Jaakobi Church
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=10&CatID=0&ItemID=481
- ^ Thea Karin: Estonia. Cultural and scenic diversity in a historical borderland between east and west. Cologne 1994 (= DuMont art and landscape guide ) ISBN 3-7701-2614-9 , p. 135
- ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=14&CatID=0&ItemID=494
- ↑ http://old.culture.ee/yritus.html?id=43300&&ajavahemik=2011-4-01%202011-4-30&op=muuseum&kokku=161&kokku=161