Saatse

57.88333327.783333Koordinaten: 57 ° 53 'N, 27 ° 47'

Saatse ( setukesisch Satserina ) is a village (Estonian küla ) in the extreme southeast of Estonia on the border with Russia. It is part of the rural municipality in the district of Värska Põlva. Near the village center, the river Piusa (Estonian Piusa Jõgi ) flows.

Boundary layer

Since the restoration of Estonian independence in 1991, the state border between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation along the village boundary runs. The only road Värska after Saatse via Russian territory. The way the transit passengers can ride free is only for motor vehicles (not for pedestrians or cyclists) approved. Stopping is prohibited, what road signs point on the Estonian side.

History

In the old church chronicles Saatse formerly known as Gorky (or Korki ) was known. Later, there was the Russian name Satscherenie, from which later the Estonian and setukesische place name herleiteten. The inhabitants belong to the setukesischen culture. 1673 a wooden church was built in Saatse.

Church

Worth seeing are the old cemetery and the Orthodox Church of today Saatse with its iconostasis. The construction was completed in 1801 and expanded in 1884. In 1839 it was supplemented by a 22-meter -tall spire of wood. The famous icon with the "History of Paraskeva Pjatsinitsa " dates to the 18th century. Inside the church there is a stone cross from the 15th century is in a metal edging, which is said miraculous power.

An influential character in Saatse was around the turn of the 20th century, the local priest Vasily Sokolovsky. He introduced, among other things beekeeping in Saatse. In 1919 he was murdered in the political turmoil that followed the First World War. His grave is next to the entrance of the cemetery at the site of the former altar of the old church.

Museum

In Saatse located in the old school house a museum to the culture of Setu with over 20,000 exhibits. It was opened in 1974 and is now a branch of the museum was founded in 1998 Setu Värska. In addition, the art works of Renaldo Veeber, the son of the founder of the museum Viktor Veebers there are exhibited. The museum is located on the Estonian- Russian border control strip.

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