Memorial or cemetery
Vilivalla Cemetery
Vilivalla cemetery in Risti parish began as a village burial ground, and its oldest grave marker dates from 1638. It lay in the area once settled by coastal Swedes, and most of those buried here are their descendants. Around the middle of the 19th century the Vihterpalu manor built a funeral chapel here, where the landowner Gustav von Knorring (1785–1852) and his wife were laid to rest. The chapel was damaged by fire on New Year's Day 2009 but has been restored and now serves the whole cemetery.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Risti kihelkonnas asuv Vilivalla kalmistu sai alguse külakalmistuna ja selle vanim hauatähis on aastast 1638. Kalmistu jäi kunagi rannarootslaste asualale ning enamik maetuid on nende järeltulijad. Umbes 19. sajandi keskel ehitas Vihterpalu mõis siia matusekabeli, kuhu maeti mõisnik Gustav von Knorring (1785–1852) koos abikaasaga. Kabel sai 2009. aasta uusaastapäeval tulekahjus kannatada, kuid on restaureeritud ja teenib nüüd kogu kalmistut.