Church or chapel · 1763
Tõstamaa Church
German: Waist
The present church of St Mary in Tõstamaa was built in 1763–1768 on the site of a wooden church of 1674. Unstable ground made its side walls start sinking in the 19th century, and they were propped up with buttresses. Then, on Midsummer Day 1972, the bell tower suddenly collapsed, taking the west wall with it and burying the organ; the cause was a water pipe being laid beside the church. Restoration began only in 1983, the church got its present form in 2000 and the new tower was finished in 2001.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Praegune Tõstamaa Maarja kirik ehitati aastatel 1763–1768 1674. aastal rajatud puukiriku kohale. Ebastabiilse pinnase tõttu hakkasid külgseinad 19. sajandil vajuma ja need toestati tugipiilaritega. 1972. aasta jaanipäeval varises kellatorn ootamatult kokku, võttes kaasa lääneseina ja mattes enda alla oreli – põhjuseks oli kiriku kõrvale rajatav veetrass. Taastamist alustati alles 1983. aastal, oma praeguse kuju sai kirik 2000. aastal ja uus torn valmis 2001. aastal.