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Church or chapel · 1867

Emmaste Church

German: Emmast

Emmaste Church

When Emmaste parish was created on southern Hiiumaa in 1866, its predecessor, the Sõru chapel, was no longer fit to use. Countess Maria Brevern De la Gardie, owner of Emmaste manor, gave a patch of the Nõmme pine forest from her land, and the new church was finished there in 1867. Its altarpiece, 'The Resurrection of Christ' of 1900, was the last major work in Estonia by painter Tõnis Grenzstein. The church is a listed cultural monument.

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

Eesti keeles

Kui Lõuna-Hiiumaal 1866. aastal Emmaste kihelkond loodi, oli selle eelkäija, Sõru kabel, juba kasutuskõlbmatu. Emmaste mõisa omanik krahvinna Maria Brevern De la Gardie andis oma maadest Nõmme männiku ja sinna valmis 1867. aastal uus kirik. Selle altarimaal „Kristuse ülestõusmine“ (1900) oli maalikunstnik Tõnis Grenzsteini viimane suurem töö Eestis. Kirik on kultuurimälestis.

Map of the area around Emmaste Church
58.70667° N, 22.59044° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmaste_kirik ↗

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