Church or chapel · 1939
Tudulinna Church
German: Tuddolin
Tudulinna's Peace Church, finished in 1939, stands back to front: its tower is at the east end and its altar in the west, the reverse of almost every church in Estonia. It was born of a bitter quarrel. In the 1920s and 1930s the parish split over the theological views of pastor Voldemar Kuljus and over who could use the old wooden church on Linnamägi hill, until the second congregation built its own church right beside it. Local tradition says the reversed orientation was a deliberate snub between the rival flocks, though the slope of the hill may simply have dictated it.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1939. aastal valminud Tudulinna Rahu kirik on justkui tagurpidi: torn on idas ja altar läänes, vastupidi peaaegu kõigile Eesti kirikutele. Kirik sündis kibedast tülist. 1920.–1930. aastatel lõhenes kogudus õpetaja Voldemar Kuljuse usuliste seisukohtade ja Linnamäe vana puukiriku kasutusõiguse pärast, kuni teine kogudus ehitas oma kiriku otse selle kõrvale. Kohalik pärimus peab ümberpööratud suunda teadlikuks torkeks vastaspoolele, kuigi selle võis tingida ka lihtsalt mäenõlva kuju.