Church or chapel
Simuna Church
German: Sankt Simonis
Simuna's church, in a small Pandivere village, comes with two local legends. The first tells that people tried to build it on the chapel hill at Salla, but whatever was built by day was torn down at night. The master builder put a limestone block on a sledge behind an ox, and where the ox stopped and lowed 'Simoon, Simoon!', the church was built; the builder himself was also called Simon. The second, told as fact in 1978, says the sexton once saw light in the church at an odd hour, and the pastor found four long-dead barons playing cards there; he struggled to drive them out for good.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Simuna kirikuga on seotud kaks kohalikku muistendit. Esimese järgi taheti kirik ehitada Salla kabelimäele, kuid mis päeval ehitati, see lõhuti öösel. Ehitusmeister pani paekivi härja vedada reele ja kus härg peatus ja ammus „Simoon, Simoon!“, sinna ehitati kirik; meistri nimi olnud samuti Simon. Teise loo järgi, mida 1978. aastal räägiti tõsielusündmusena, nägi köster kirikus ebaharilikul ajal valgust ja kirikuõpetaja leidis seal neli ammu surnud parunit kaarte mängimas; tal tuli näha suurt vaeva, et nad lõplikult välja ajada.