Church or chapel · 1495
Puhja Church
German: Kawelecht
Puhja's church of St Dionysius is one of the three oldest churches in southern Estonia. The Gothic stone church was built in 1495–1499, perhaps replacing a wooden church founded by the Tiesenhausen family at the same time as their Kavilda castle; the place itself is first recorded in 1397. It began as a three-aisled hall church but was partly destroyed in 1627, and its richly decorated west front with a corbelled turret survives, the missing parts replaced in wood. Thanks to its good acoustics the church hosts concerts, played on a rare mechanical Müllverstedt organ of 1882.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Puhja Dionysiuse kirik on üks kolmest Lõuna-Eesti vanimast kirikust. Gooti kivikirik ehitati aastatel 1495–1499, võib-olla puukiriku asemele, mille rajasid Tiesenhausenid samal ajal oma Kavilda linnusega; paika mainitakse esmakordselt 1397. aastal. Algselt kolmelööviline kodakirik hävis osaliselt 1627. aastal, kuid säilinud on rikkalikult kujundatud konsooltorniga läänefassaad, mille kadunud osad on asendatud puidust detailidega. Hea akustika tõttu peetakse siin kontserte, mängides haruldasel 1882. aasta mehaanilisel Müllverstedti orelil.