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Lighthouse · 1916

Kübassaare Lighthouse

Kübassaare Lighthouse

The name of the Kübassaare peninsula, where this lighthouse stands, is explained by a Suur Tõll legend recorded in Karja and Pöide in the 1880s. Tõll caught the Old Man, a devil figure, out at sea and in the struggle tore off his iron hat and flung it into the water. The hat drifted to the shore and became an island, first called Kübarsaar, hat island, a name that wore down over time into Kübassaare. Today the low wooded peninsula reaches into the shallow sea of eastern Saaremaa.

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

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Kübassaare poolsaare nime, kus see tuletorn seisab, seletab Karjas ja Pöides 1880. aastatel üles kirjutatud Suure Tõllu muistend. Tõll tabanud merel Vanapoisi ja rebinud rüseluses tal raudkübara peast ning visanud selle vette. Kübar triivinud kaldale ja muutunud saareks, mida hüüti algul Kübarsaareks, hiljem aga Kübassaareks. Tänapäeval ulatub madal metsane poolsaar Ida-Saaremaa madalasse merre.

Map of the area around Kübassaare Lighthouse
58.42838° N, 23.29990° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://www.folklore.ee/rl/folkte/myte2/media/pdf/kohanimede_tekkimine.pdf ↗

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