Förby

59.00083323.144444Koordinaten: 59 ° 0 ' N, 23 ° 9' O

Förby ( German Förbi, estonia Swedish Ferbe ) is a village (Estonian küla ) in the rural community Vormsi ( Vormsi vald ) in Lääne. The place is located in the west of the fourth largest Estonian island of Vormsi ( German Worms, Swedish Ormsö ).

Description

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1540 under the name Voerbu. In 1565 he was called Förbi or Ferby.

Förby today only five inhabitants ( 31 December 2011) .. The place was inhabited until the Second World War, like all the villages Vormsis majority of Estonian Swedes.

The place is right on the Baltic Sea, on the strait between the islands of Saaremaa and Vormsi, the Hari kurk ( German Moon Sound ). For area of ​​the village also includes the island Harilaid, about four kilometers southwest of Förby.