Church or chapel · 1842
Kärla Church
German: Kergel
Kärla church on Saaremaa was built in 1842–1843 to replace a medieval church, probably founded in the third quarter of the 13th century, that had become so unsafe it was pulled down in 1842. The new church, by architect E. Leuener, is in strict classicist style, a single nave with no separate choir. Like Kihelkonna, Kärla once had a free-standing bell tower, a campanile, beside the church; it was destroyed in 1981. Inside are the epitaph of Otto von Buxhoeveden, the island's land councillor who died in 1575, and the heraldic epitaph of Reinhold von Buxhoeveden, who died in 1664.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Saaremaa Kärla kirik ehitati aastatel 1842–1843 keskaegse, arvatavasti 13. sajandi III veerandil rajatud kiriku asemele, mis oli muutunud nii varisemisohtlikuks, et see 1842. aastal lammutati. Arhitekt E. Leuneri uus kirik on ranges klassitsistlikus stiilis ühelööviline kooriruumita hoone. Nagu Kihelkonnal, oli ka Kärlas kiriku kõrval eraldi kellatorn – kampaniil, mis hävis 1981. aastal. Kirikus on 1575. aastal surnud Saaremaa maanõuniku Otto von Buxhoevdeni epitaaf ja 1664. aastal surnud Reinhold von Buxhoevdeni vappepitaaf.