Kullamaa Parish

( Kodukandi Kullamaa )

The rural community Kullamaa ( Kullamaa vald ) is in Lääne the west of the Republic of Estonia.

Description

The rural municipality has an area of ​​224.57 km ². It has 1,167 inhabitants (as of August 1, 2013 ).

Villages

In addition to the main town Kullamaa for rural community includes the villages Jõgisoo, Kalju, Kastja, Koluvere, Kullametsa, Leila, Lemmikküla, Liivi, Mordu, Päri, Silla, and Ubasalu Üdruma.

Attractions

The place Kullamaa ( German Goldbeck ) on the banks of the river Liivi ( Liivi Jõgi ) was for several centuries the center of the parish of the same name. The village with its church and parsonage has played a significant role in the Estonian cultural history. Local pastors were, inter alia, Göseken Heinrich (1612-1681), who in 1660 published an Estonian grammar, and 1710-1747 Gutsleff Heinrich ( 1680-1748 ), one of the originators of the Estonian translation of the New Testament (1715 ). In the cemetery of Kullamaa is the grave of the composer Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918), whose mortal remains were transferred in 1992 from Germany.

Worth seeing is the built in the 13th century castle of Koluvere ( German Lohde ). She was from 1439 one of the seats of the bishops of Osel - Wiek. The castle was the residence of the last Württemberg Princess Caroline Auguste ( 1764-1788 ). She was separated from her husband in the " custody " of the Russian Empress Catherine II on September 16, 1788 Auguste Caroline died in Koluvere under mysterious circumstances today at the age of 23 years.

Pictures

Wheel cross in the cemetery of Kullamaa

Stone bridge to the castle Koluvere

Castle Koluvere

Monument to the fallen in the Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920)