Ghost story
The haunted chapel of Kudjape cemetery
At the gate of Kudjape cemetery outside Kuressaare stand two classicist burial chapels of the Buxhoeveden family, one for the owners of Kuivastu manor and one for those of Muratsi. The chapel on the left as you enter, that of the Kuivastu Buxhoevedens, has long had a sinister name. Islanders whispered that the executed former manor lords buried there could not lie still, and the stories of strange sounds and movements around the chapel were lively enough to reach the newspapers. The talk died down in the 1930s, only to come back to life in later decades. Founded in 1780, Kudjape is a protected cemetery with fine stone crypts and monuments.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kuressaare lähedal Kudjape kalmistu väravas seisavad kaks Buxhoevedenite suguvõsa klassitsistlikku hauakabelit – üks Kuivastu mõisa omanikele, teine Muratsi omanikele. Sissepääsust vasakul asuval Kuivastu Buxhoevedenite kabelil on ammu olnud sünge kuulsus. Saarlased sosistasid, et sinna maetud hukatud endised mõisnikud ei saa rahus lamada, ning jutud kabeli ümber kostvatest imelikest häältest ja liikumisest olid nii elavad, et jõudsid ajalehtedesse. 1930. aastateks jutud vaibusid, kuid ärkasid hilisematel aastakümnetel uuesti ellu. 1780. aastal rajatud Kudjape on kaitsealune kalmistu kaunite kivikrüptide ja hauamonumentidega.
Source: Saaremaa folk talk and 1920s–30s press, retold in Postimees' 'Külmavärinad' series (2021). ↗