Memorial or cemetery
Kärdla cemetery
German: Kertel
Long before Kärdla became a town, its Swedish villagers buried their dead here, east of the Nuutri River, beside a small chapel of St Olaf. The cemetery probably existed when Kärdla was first mentioned in 1564. The chapel is first recorded in 1627. In 1810 most of the Kärdla Swedes were forced to leave, and the cemetery fell out of use. In the 1830s the cloth factory laid out an English-style park on top of it, and the chapel timber went into a new church in 1847. One cast-iron cross survives. In Swedish it reads that Karel Tarning, who died in 1848, was the last to be buried here. In 2023 archaeologists found human bones and a 1739 coin on the ridge, proving the cross stands on the old graveyard.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kärdla rootslased matsid oma surnuid siia, Nuutri jõest itta, kus asus ka väike Püha Olavi kabel. Kalmistu oli tõenäoliselt olemas juba Kärdla esmamainimise ajal 1564. aastal, kabelist on esimesed teated 1627. aastast. Kui enamik kärdlarootslasi pidi 1810. aastal lahkuma, jäi kalmistu kasutuseta. 1830. aastatel rajas kalevivabrik selle kohale inglise stiilis pargi ja kabeli puit kasutati 1847. aastal uue kabeli ehitamiseks. Säilinud on vaid üks malmrist. Selle rootsikeelne kiri ütleb, et 1848. aastal surnud Karel Tarning oli viimane, kes siia maeti. 2023. aastal leidsid arheoloogid seljandikult inimluid ja 1739. aasta mündi, mis tõestab, et rist asub tõepoolest vana kalmistu kohal.