Kiihtelysvaara

Kiihtelysvaara [ ki ː ˌ ʋɑ ː çtelys rɑ ] is a place and a former municipality in the countryside of North Karelia in eastern Finland. Administratively Kiihtelysvaara since 2005 belongs to the city of Joensuu, previously it had formed a separate municipality.

The Kirchdorf Kiihtelysvaara is in the rural eastern part of the very large urban area of ​​Joensuu middle of the Karelian hills ( Vaara Karjala ) about 30 kilometers southeast of the city center. The main attraction is the wooden church from 1770. Kiihtelysvaara The municipality covered not only the main town of an area of 530 km ² with the villages Heinävaara, Huhtilampi, Keskijärvi, Oskola, Palo, Röksä and Uskaljärvi. Most recently, she had almost 2,700 inhabitants.

Originally Kiihtelysvaara was a chapel of the parish church Tohmajärvi. 1857 Kiihtelysvaara started his own business as a separate community. By 1925, also belonged to Pyhäselkä Kiihtelysvaara. The beginning of 2005 Kiihtelysvaara was incorporated together with the neighboring community Tuupovaara in the city of Joensuu.

The name Kiihtelysvaara is made up of the words kiihtelys, an ancient unit of 40 squirrel skins ( which were once used as currency in Finland ), and vaara for the typical North Karelia hill. The coat of arms of the former municipality refers to the name Kiihtelysvaara and shows in the black field four silver squirrel skins.