Pühalepa
Pühalepa | |
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Village | |
 Church in Pühalepa | |
  Pühalepa | |
| Coordinates: 58°52′N 22°59′E / 58.867°N 22.983°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Hiiu County |
| Parish | Hiiumaa Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pühalepa (German: Pühhalep) is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.[1]
Pühalepa Church
Pühalepa Church (historically St. Lawrence Church) is the oldest surviving stone church on the island of Hiiumaa. It is a medieval fortress-church built in the 13th century, surrounded by a historic churchyard and several notable family burial plots. The steeple was added much later. Its tower and interior fittings were later modified in the 19th century, renovations including the painting of Crosses of Malta on the walls, primarily associated with the Ungern-Sternberg family.[1][2] A notable interior object is a dolomite pulpet dated 1636, carved from stone.[3]
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Ebba-Margaretha Stenbock's burial chapel in the churchyard.
References
- ^ a b Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2022, 189-200, Monika Reppo & Martin Malve, https://www.arheoloogia.ee/ave2022/AVE2022_18.pdf, 2022
- ^ "Puhalepa Church in Hiiumaa, Estonia". Visit Baltics (in Russian). 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
