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Aegna cemetery

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Aegna cemetery

Aegna's island cemetery is first recorded in 1736, and 26 burials were noted between 1736 and 1784. People from Rohuneeme and Püünsi on the mainland also used the island's chapel and graveyard, so about a hundred people may rest here. Several cast-iron crosses from the mid-19th century survive. A new chapel was built next to the cemetery in 1882. Its tower bell now hangs in the new chapel at Rohuneeme. Soviet soldiers later took the stones of the old boundary wall for their own buildings, and the wall was replaced with rails from the island's railway. Memorial stones honour two Soviet sailors killed in an explosion in 1947 and island forester Raevo Lill, who died in 1996.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Aegna kalmistu kohta pärinevad esimesed märkmed 1736. aastast ning aastatel 1736–1784 toimus siin 26 matust. Saare kabelit ja kalmistut kasutasid ka Rohuneeme ja Püünsi inimesed, nii et siia võib olla maetud sadakond inimest. Säilinud on mitu 19. sajandi keskpaiga malmristi. 1882. aastal ehitati kalmistu kõrvale uus kabel, mille tornikell on nüüd Rohuneeme uues kabelis. Kalmistut piiras kunagi kiviaed, kuid nõukogude sõjaväelased võtsid kivid oma ehituste tarbeks ning aed asendati saarelt üles võetud raudtee rööbastega. Kalmistul on mälestuskivid kahele 1947. aastal plahvatuses hukkunud nõukogude mereväelasele ja 1996. aastal hukkunud saare metsavahile Raevo Lillele.

Map of the area around Aegna cemetery
59.57982° N, 24.77363° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

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