Church or chapel · 1863
Kärdla Church
German: Kertel
Kärdla's church was built in 1861–1863, mostly with donations, for the workers of the Kärdla cloth factory, because the old chapel by the Nuutri river had grown too small for the expanding town. Before that the Swedes had a wooden chapel of St Olaf in what is now Rannapark. The plastered limestone church is neo-Gothic, and over its entrance is an open bell tower unique in Estonia, enclosed in timber in 1929. The bell was taken down and melted in the First World War; a new one came in the late 1920s from Richard Devid, a Kärdla native who owned the Golden Lion hotel in Tallinn.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kärdla kirik ehitati aastatel 1861–1863 peamiselt annetuste toel Kärdla kalevivabriku töölistele, sest Nuutri jõe ääres asunud vanakabel jäi kasvavale asulale väikeseks. Veel varem oli rootslastel praeguses Rannapargis püha Olavi puukabel. Krohvitud paekivist uusgooti kirikul on sissepääsu kohal Eestis ainulaadne lahtine kellatorn, mille ümber ehitati 1929. aastal puittorn. Kirikukell võeti Esimese maailmasõja ajal maha ja valati ümber, uue kinkis 1920. aastate lõpul Kärdlast pärit Tallinna Kuldse Lõvi võõrastemaja omanik Richard Devid.