Vahtrepa

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

Description and History

Vahtrepa ( German Wachterpäh ) has 34 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). The village was mentioned in 1565 under the name Wachterpa. He is right on the Baltic Sea.

For area of Vahtrepa also includes the islands Vohilaid, Hõralaid, Eerikulaid, Pujurderahu and smaller archipelago.

Prior to the establishment of the port of Heltermaa led the mid 19th century the port Vahtrepa from the shortest Shipping on the Estonian mainland. Due to the lowering of the sea was the harbor, which mainly served the city of Haapsalu and the Vormsi, then become shallow.

Steep slope of Vahtrepa

It is known especially the steep slope of Vahtrepa ( Vahtrepa pank and pank Kallaste ), the largest of the island of Hiiumaa. It is founded in 1998 conservation area Kallaste ( Kallaste maastikukaitseala ) in a 120 to 140 year-old pine forest. In nature there are rare plant species such as the small rock cress, the wall-rue, and various ferns.

The steep slope of the Ordovician is 7.5 m high and spans over a length of 500 m. It was created about 2,000 years ago by the uplift of the country. In digestion, there are numerous fossils of corals, bryozoans and stromatoporoids. The Bioherm is well preserved, especially in the southern part of the slope.

The vernacular of Hiiumaa brings the formation happy with stories about the mythological Vanapagan in conjunction. The villain to have had his forge in the rock.