Church or chapel · 1650
Reigi Church
German: Roicks
Reigi church on Hiiumaa is a memorial to a son. Baron Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg built it for his son Gustav, who took his own life in 1800, and it was consecrated in 1802; the family arms are above the entrance and a lily from them tops the spire as a weathervane. Two earlier churches stood here, the first a 16th-century wooden chapel, and the congregation was Swedish until the coastal Swedes were deported in 1781. Pastor Paulus Lempelius, who served from 1627, lives on in Aino Kallas's novel 'The Pastor of Reigi'. Its bells, carried off in the wars, were replaced in 1923.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Hiiumaa Reigi kirik on mälestusmärk pojale. Parun Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg lasi selle ehitada 1800. aastal vabasurma läinud poja Gustavi mälestuseks ja kirik õnnistati sisse 1802. aastal; peaukse kohal on suguvõsa vapp ja torni tuulelipuks vapilt pärit liiliaõis. Enne seda seisis siin kaks kirikut, esimene 16. sajandi puukabel, ning kogudus oli rootsi, kuni rannarootslased 1781. aastal minema saadeti. 1627. aastast teeninud pastor Paulus Lempelius elab edasi Aino Kallase romaanis „Reigi õpetaja“. Sõdades ära viidud kellade asemele toodi 1923. aastal uued.