Church or chapel
Paluküla Church
Paluküla church stands in woodland on Hiiumaa. Baron Ungern-Sternberg's family built it in 1820 as a cemetery church for themselves, but the groundwater was so high that no burial crypts could be dug, so there is no graveyard. With 100 seats and no parsonage, it was a chapel of Kärdla until 1939. When Hiiumaa became a Soviet military zone, the church was used as a store for military equipment and its tower as a lookout. Abandoned, the tower burned in 1989; it was repaired in 1994 and a new roof added in 1996. The tower is still a sea mark, lining up with Hiiessaare lighthouse 2.58 km away.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Paluküla kirik seisab Hiiumaal metsa sees. Parun Ungern-Sternbergi perekond ehitas selle 1820. aastal endale kalmistukirikuks, kuid põhjavesi oli nii kõrgel, et hauakeldreid ei saanud kaevata, ja nii pole kiriku juures kalmistut. 100 istekohaga ja pastoraadita kirik oli kuni 1939. aastani Kärdla abikirik. Kui Hiiumaast sai Nõukogude sõjaväeala, kasutati kirikut sõjatehnika laona ja torni vaatluspostina. Mahajäetud torn põles 1989. aastal, see parandati 1994. aastal ja 1996. aastal sai kirik uue katuse. Torn on endiselt meremärk, moodustades 2,58 km kaugusel asuva Hiiessaare tuletorniga sihi.
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