Mänspe

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Mänspe ( unofficially Mänspäe or Mõnspäe ) is a village (Estonian küla ) in the rural community Emmaste ( Emmaste vald ). It is the second largest Estonian island of Hiiumaa ( German Dagö ), directly on the Baltic coast.

Description

Mänspe ( German Mänspäh ) on the west coast of the island today has 19 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). It is situated 14 kilometers north-west of the village Emmaste.

Attractions

Worth seeing are the chapel and the cemetery of the village. The first church was built around 1690 of seafarers, in gratitude for her rescue. Later it fell into disrepair. In October 1908, the new Evangelical Lutheran wooden church was consecrated.

The small cemetery is a memorial stone on the fate of fourteen local farmers who were murdered on 12 October 1941 by the retreating German troops against the Red Army.