Church or chapel · 1460
Põlva Church
German: Pölwe
St Mary's in Põlva was built in 1460–1470 and enlarged in 1841–1845, and legend links it to the town's name. The story goes that the church was being built in an old Estonian sacred grove, and every morning the walls raised the day before had collapsed. A wise man said they would only stand if an innocent girl were walled up alive, kneeling. A girl named Maarja was chosen and sealed into the wall on her knees, fed bread and water through a second hole until that too was closed, and the walls held. Because she knelt, põlvili, the place came to be called Põlva.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Põlva Maarja kirik ehitati aastatel 1460–1470 ja seda laiendati 1841–1845 ning legend seob selle linna nimega. Räägitakse, et kirikut hakati ehitama eestlaste vanasse hiide ja igal hommikul olid eelmisel päeval laotud müürid kokku varisenud. Tark ütles, et seinad jäävad püsima vaid siis, kui müürida sisse elusalt üks süütu tütarlaps põlvili asendis. Valiti Maarja-nimeline tüdruk, ta suleti põlvili müüri, teise augu kaudu anti talle leiba ja vett, kuni ka see suleti, ning müürid hakkasid kandma. Et Maarja oli müüris põlvili, hakati paika kutsuma Põlvaks.