Kaigutsi

58.83638922.68Koordinaten: 58 ° 50 'N, 22 ° 41' O

Kaigutsi is a village (Estonian küla ) in the rural community Käina ( Käina vald ). It is the second largest Estonian island of Hiiumaa ( German Dagö ).

Description and History

Kaigutsi ( German Kaukutse ) has 41 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011).

1591, the site was mentioned as Kaickotz, 1796, he is listed as Kaigust, 1931, he was called Kaikaotsa.

Kaarel Carpenter Ulpus

The most famous son of the town is the Estonian joke teller Kaarel Carpenter Ulpus ( 1862-1939 ). He lived on the farm belonging to Kaigutsi Hansu talu. His father was Miku Tooma, whose court Miku talu Carpenter Ulpus took over later.

Known as " Miku - Kaarel " Jester made ​​by its ironic puns and his scharfzünnigen humor in Estonia a name. Since 2008, remembers a wooden monument in Kaigutsi to the humorists with his unerring punchlines.