Skip to main content

Marfeldt Photography

Memorial or cemetery · 1850

Paistu cemetery

German: Paistel

Paistu's parish cemetery, 900 metres east of the church, was started in 1810 on a strip of the parsonage field and has been extended several times since. It is full of iron: cast-iron crosses, wrought-iron crosses and fenced family plots from the late 19th century. Several leaders of the 19th-century national awakening lie here, including Adam Peterson, Jaan Adamson and Hain Henno, along with the poet and pastor Jaan Bergmann, the composer Friedrich August Saebelmann, the folk singer Liisu Mägi and the writers Minni Nurme and Salme Ekbaum.

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

Eesti keeles

Paistu kihelkonnakalmistu, kirikust 900 meetrit ida pool, rajati 1810. aastal kirikumõisa põllule ja seda on hiljem mitu korda laiendatud. Kalmistu on täis rauda: 19. sajandi viimase veerandi malm- ja sepisriste ning sepisaedadega pereplatse. Siia on maetud mitu rahvusliku ärkamisaja tegelast, nende seas Adam Peterson, Jaan Adamson ja Hain Henno, samuti luuletaja ja kirikuõpetaja Jaan Bergmann, helilooja Friedrich August Saebelmann, rahvalaulik Liisu Mägi ning kirjanikud Minni Nurme ja Salme Ekbaum.

Map of the area around Paistu cemetery
58.27210° N, 25.64132° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paistu_kalmistu ↗

More stories nearby

Stay or walk nearby

Translate »