Church or chapel
Mustvee Church
German: Tschorna
Most of Mustvee's people were Russian, but by the 19th century several hundred Lutherans lived in the lakeside town, and the walk to Torma church was long. A fire in 1866 almost wiped out the Estonian quarter and delayed their plans, but in 1873 about a hundred farmers pledged support, and the cornerstone of a neo-Gothic church by Johann Maas was laid on Ascension Day 1877. In 1878 the newly built tower collapsed, and the small congregation had to pay to raise it again; the church was finally complete in 1880. Its bell, cast by C. Jürgens in Tallinn, bears the crucified Christ with weeping women below.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Enamik Mustvee elanikke olid venelased, kuid 19. sajandiks elas järveäärses alevis mitusada luterlast ja Torma kirikusse oli pikk maa. 1866. aasta tulekahju hävitas peaaegu kogu eestlaste külaosa ja lükkas plaanid edasi, kuid 1873. aastal lubas umbes sada talupoega ehitust toetada ning Johann Maasi projekteeritud uusgooti kiriku nurgakivi pandi taevaminemispühal 1877. 1878. aastal varises äsja valminud torn kokku ja väike kogudus pidi selle uuesti üles ehitama; lõplikult valmis kirik 1880. aastal. Tallinnas C. Jürgensi valatud kellal on ristilöödud Kristus ja selle all nutvad naised.