Kerimäki

Kerimäki [ kɛrimæki ] is a former municipality in the Finnish countryside Savo. Since 2013, it is part of the town of Savonlinna.

Kerimäki located 23 kilometers east of the center of Savonlinna on the west bank of the Puruvesi lake. The former municipality of Kerimäki is rural and has an area of ​​876.5 square kilometers. More than a third of them ( 318.8 square kilometers) consists of inland waters. The population of the municipality was last 5526 (as at 31 December 2012). In Kerimäki there are two population centers ( taajama ): The Kirchdorf Kerimäki where 2486 people live, and the place Anttola with 293 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011).

Kerimäki was released in the year 1640 as an independent parish from Sääminki. Originally comprised the parish Kerimäki also Savonranta, Enonkoski and Punkaharju, 1882, 1894 or 1922 self- made ​​themselves. At the beginning of 2013 Kerimäki was incorporated along with Punkaharju in the city of Savonlinna.

Kerimäki is primarily known for the Church of Kerimäki, the largest wooden church in the world. She has 3400 seats; 5000 people can stay at the same time in the church. The internal dimensions of the church are 45 m long x 42 m wide x 27 m height. The on September 25, 1847, completed after three years of construction, the church was (Pentecost) solemnly consecrated on 11 June 1848. The neoclassical dome church has a Latin cross plan and is internally divided into two floors. The free-standing bell stack rests on a base of solid masonry.

At other attractions Kerimäki houses a freshwater fishing museum, an open air museum and a Fischergut. Kerimäki is on the main road 71 from Savonlinna to Kitee. By the southernmost part of the former municipality area, the state road 14 and the railway line from Parikkala lead over Savonlinna to Pieksämäki. The Kerimäki station is serviced by the train running between Parikkala and Savonlinna passenger trains.