Enonkoski

Enonkoski [ ˌ ɛnɔŋ kɔski ] is a municipality in eastern Finland with 1532 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

Geography

Enonkoski located 32 kilometers north of the city of Savonlinna in the middle of the eastern Finnish lake district in the eastern Finnish countryside Savo. The municipality has an area of ​​419 square kilometers (of which 113 square kilometers inland waters) and is determined by forests and lakes. The only settlement center ( taajama ) which is at a rapids (Finnish koski ) between Lake Ylä- Enonvesi and Enonvesi located Kirchdorf Enonkoski in which 631 people ( as of 31 December 2011). In addition to Enonkoski includes the villages and scattered settlements Hanhijärvi, Ihamaniemi, Joutsenmäki, Karvila, Laasala, Makkola, Muhola, Paakkunala, Parkumäki, Simanala, Suurimäki and Vuorikoski.

Due to a strange demarcation is the only neighboring town of Savonlinna Enonkoski. 2009 joined Enonkoski from a narrow corridor to the north of its municipal area in order to create a connection between Savonlinna and the eingemeindeten to Savonlinna community Savonranta. After 2013, the south adjoining municipality Kerimäki was incorporated to Savonlinna, Enonkoski is now surrounded on all sides by the city administrative area Savonlinna.

History

Enonkoski developed around a sawmill, which took advantage of the water power of the eponymous rapids. Originally belonged to the parish Enonkoski Kerimäki. 1859 was the site of a house of prayer own. 1894 Enonkoski was raised as a separate parish, and Also selected was the communes Heinavesi, Rantasalmi and Sääminki.

Attractions

The former village school of Ihananiemi is the only Protestant monastery in Finland, offers room for 12 people, but currently has only one permanent residents, Sister Virva Tyrväinen. The Parish Church in Kirchdorf Enonkoski was built in 1886 according to plans by M. Schjerfbeck. Unlike in most Finnish churches the cross of the church tower is not aligned to the input, but the lake Ylä- Enonvesi; 1858 a church boat had sunk in a storm on the lake, twelve people who wanted to go on the boat for worship drowned. In the north of the municipal territory has Enonkoski share Kolovesi National Park. Of tourist interest is the 1854 manor house Hovimäki, which now houses a hotel and restaurant.