Kihelkonna Parish

Kihelkonna ( German: Kielkond ) is a rural municipality in the Estonian Saare County with an area of ​​245.94 km ². She has currently (as of end 2009) 905 inhabitants.

In addition to the main town Kihelkonna for rural community includes the villages of Abaya, Abula, Kallaste, Kalmu, Karujärve, Keilah, Kiirassaare, Kotsma, Kuralase, Kuremetsa, Kurevere, Kuumi, Kuusiku, Kõruse, Kõõru, Liiva, Loona, Lätiniidi, Läägi, Metsaküla, Mäebe, Neeme, Odalätsi, Oju, Pajumõisa, Pidula, Rannaküla Rootsiküla, Sepise, Tagamõisa, Tammese, Tohku, Üru, Undva, Vaigu, Varkja, Vedruka, Veere, Viki, Vilsandi and Virita.

The local church has a historically valuable organ of Johann Andreas Stein, which was built in 1805. This was the reason for the implementation of an international symposium " To preserve historic organs in the Baltic States by the example of Johann Andreas Stein organ in Kihelkonna / Estonia " from 19 to 21 May 2006. Organizer of the symposium of the Master's program " Protection of European Cultural Heritage " were the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt / Oder and organ experts from Estonia and Sweden in cooperation with the Lutheran church Kihelkonna.

In the church was active in the years 1711-1753 Pastor Johann David Rahr, of the activities of the Moravians on Osel examined from 1743 to 1747.

The open air museum of Mihkli provides a good overview of the Estonian rural life in the 19th century.